Ex-staffer says Michigan didn't protect her enough from Moore - ESPN

Former Michigan football staffer Paige Shiver characterized her relationship with Sherrone Moore as an «open secret» within the athletic department and said those in leadership didn't do enough to protect her from the former Wolverines coach.

«He controlled everything that was going on in my life,» she told ABC's «Good Morning America» in an interview that aired Friday, «and they didn't do anything about it.»

Michigan fired Moore on Dec. 10 after Shiver told the university the two had been in a relationship, which the school determined had violated his contract. Two days prior, she had broken off the relationship.

Moore, 40, responded to the firing by driving to Shiver's apartment and confronting her. Shiver, 32, told police that the married father of three grabbed a butter knife and threatened to harm himself.

After leaving the apartment, Moore was taken into custody in the parking lot of a church after his wife called police saying he was a threat to himself. On body camera video, Moore didn't deny the relationship to police but was adamant that he neither broke into the apartment nor threatened Shiver.

Last month, Moore pleaded no contest to trespassing and malicious use of a telecommunications device involving a domestic relationship in exchange for the dropping of more serious charges, including a felony. He was sentenced to 18 months' probation and barred from having any contact with Shiver.

Shiver said Moore «should have gotten more punishment for what he did,» including going to jail.

«I don't think it reflects what he did to me,» she told ABC News. «He took no accountability.»

In response to Shiver's claims, Michigan provided ABC News with a statement: «The University of Michigan terminated Sherrone Moore