Ex-Michigan coach Sherrone Moore gets probation for misdemeanors - ESPN

Former Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore was sentenced to 18 months' probation and fined just over $1,000 Tuesday for two misdemeanors stemming from an incident at the apartment of a staff member with whom he had engaged in an inappropriate relationship.

Last month, Moore, 40, pleaded no contest to trespassing and malicious use of a telecommunications device involving a domestic relationship in exchange for dropping more serious charges, including a felony.

«I don't believe, when I look at the entirety of this situation, that incarceration should be appropriate,» District Court Judge Cedric Simpson said during Tuesday's sentencing in Washtenaw County Court. «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.»

Simpson took time to note that he appreciated the situation that the staff member, Paige Shiver, was in that day.

«Frankly Mr. Moore, you had no right to do what you did,» Simpson said. «I know she was placed in fear. It was a traumatic experience for you — it was certainly a traumatic experience for her — but you had no right to spread your pain to her.»

Shiver, who didn't attend the hearing, released a statement, saying the sentence «does not reflect the harm done to me.»

«He broke into my apartment, crying, yelling, enraged, and came at me with knives,» Shiver said. «I was threatened, and I feared for my life.»

Moore, who was accompanied to the sentencing by his wife, Kelli, was also barred from using drugs or alcohol, possessing firearms or having any contact with Shiver, 32. Moore was also ordered to continue counseling.

Before sentencing, Simpson took time to praise prosecutors for dropping initial charges,