A judge sentenced former Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore on Tuesday for an incident involving his former assistant and mistress, Paige Shiver. Moore, 40, previously entered a no contest plea to two misdemeanors last month: trespassing and malicious use of a telecommunications device in a domestic relationship.
He had faced up to six months in jail, but after his plea, the judge only sentenced him to 18 months of probation for each count. Moore allegedly broke into his former assistant’s house without authorization. Once inside, Paige Shriver claimed he used kitchen butter knives and a pair of scissors to threaten both her and himself.
“I’m going to kill myself. I’m going to make you watch. My blood is on your hands. You’ve ruined my life,” prosecutors claimed Sherrone Moore told Shiver.
Prosecutors dropped charges for felony home invasion, misdemeanor stalking, and misdemeanor breaking and entering. The reason given was that there was evidence that Moore received a security code to enter Shiver’s home, and she had called him.
The judge expressed admiration for Sherrone Moore’s wife
Judge Cedric Simpson of Washtenaw County District Court also expressed his admiration for the support shown by Moore’s wife, Kelli, who joined the ex-coach in the courtroom.
“In my opinion, the person, quite frankly Mr. Moore, that is saving you from the full wrath of this court is the one you betrayed,” NBC News reports Simpson told Moore. “I don’t know where your wife Kelli finds her strength.”
“I don’t believe, throughout the entirety of this case, that incarceration would be an appropriate sentence,” The Detroit News reports Simpson also said to Moore. However, he added that if Moore violates his parole, he will be sent to jail.
“You had no right to do what you did,” Simpson told the former Michigan coach, according to the New York Post. “I know that [Shiver] was placed in fear. It was a traumatic experience that day for you. It was certainly a traumatic experience for her. You had no right to spread your pain to her.”
Sherrone Moore’s lawyer, Ellen Michaels, said that since the incident, he “has engaged in counseling, gained insight into his life … re-centered himself around his family and taken responsibility, expressing genuine remorse.”