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01/22 14:22 CST Lawyer for fired Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore seeks
to have the charges dismissed
Lawyer for fired Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore seeks to have the
charges dismissed
By LARRY LAGE and ED WHITE
Associated Press
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) --- A lawyer for fired University of Michigan football
coach Sherrone Moore declared his innocence Thursday and said she's seeking to
have home invasion and other charges against him dismissed.
Authorities say Moore entered a woman's apartment on Dec. 10 and blamed her for
him losing his job that day, then grabbed butter knives and kitchen scissors
and threatened to kill himself.
Moore was fired for having a personal relationship with the woman --- who was a
football staff member --- and for lying during the investigation, the
university's athletic director said in the dismissal letter.
In court Thursday, defense attorney Ellen Michaels said she had filed a motion
to quash the arrest warrant against Moore. She later told reporters Moore is
innocent.
"This warrant was issued based on false and misleading statements presented as
facts," Michaels said. "We're confident the truth will come out in court under
oath where it belongs."
Michaels didn't elaborate on the disputed statements and directed reporters to
a court filing that wasn't immediately available. Without the statements, she
said, "there would be no probable cause for these charges."
Moore, 39, faces three charges, including felony home invasion and stalking. He
has pleaded not guilty and must wear a tracking device while free on bond. He
stood nearby while Michaels spoke outside the courthouse but declined to
comment.
Washtenaw County assistant prosecutor Kati Rezmierski told the judge that she
had just received Michaels' court filing. Judge Cedric Simpson set the next
hearing for Feb. 17.
When the charges were filed on Dec. 12, Rezmierski said the woman involved in
the case cooperated with the university investigating the affair after she
ended it with Moore. The prosecutor quoted Moore as telling the woman, "My
blood is on your hands."
Moore arrived at the courthouse with his wife, Kelli and waited in an adjacent
courtroom for his case to be called. More than 20 members of the news media
were on hand for the hearing.
Moore coached the Wolverines for two seasons as the successor to Jim Harbaugh,
who won a national championship before quitting to become coach of the NFL's
Los Angeles Chargers.
Kyle Whittingham, who coached Utah for two decades, is the new Michigan coach.
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