Former Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore has been sentenced to 18 months’ probation and fined more than $1,000 after pleading no contest to two misdemeanor charges.
According to ESPN, the charges allege trespass and malicious use of a telecommunications device following an incident involving an employee with whom Moore had an inappropriate relationship.
More serious charges, including a misdemeanor, were dropped as part of a plea agreement.
District Court Judge Cedric Simpson said during sentencing: “Looking at the whole situation, I do not believe that incarceration should be appropriate.”
“I’m warning you, Mr. Moore, if there is a violation, all bets are off. I don’t like sending people to jail, but I have no problem with it,” he added.
The staff member, Paige Shiver, said in a statement that the outcome “does not reflect the harm done to me.”
“He broke into my apartment, crying, screaming, raging and coming at me with knives. I was threatened and I feared for my life,” Shiver added.
Moore has also been ordered to avoid contact with Shiver, abstain from drugs and alcohol and continue counseling.
Before he was sentenced, Moore told the court: “I have taken this trial very seriously.”
Moore was fired from his role in December following the incident.
