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 misdemeanour charges.
According to ESPN, the charges relate to trespassing and malicious use of a telecommunications device following an incident involving a staff member with whom Moore had an inappropriate relationship.
More serious charges, including a felony, were dropped as part of a plea agreement.
District Court Judge Cedric Simpson said during sentencing: “I don’t believe, when I look at the entirety of this situation, that incarceration should be appropriate.”
“I warn you, Mr. Moore, should there be a violation, all bets are off. I don’t like sending people to jail, but I don’t have a problem doing 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, yelling, enraged, and came 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 counselling.
Before sentencing, Moore told the court: “I’ve taken this process very seriously.”
Moore was dismissed from his role in December following the incident.
