The lawyer representing former Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore alleged in court filings that accusations against Moore were part of a “litigation strategy designed to villainize Mr. Moore” and argued that police procured Moore’s arrest warrant by “presenting false statements fabricated by the complainant’s civil attorney.”
Moore’s lawyer, Ellen Michaels, made those arguments as part of a request for an evidentiary hearing in an attempt to quash the arrest warrant and ultimately get criminal charges against her client thrown out.
Moore and Michaels appeared in court Thursday for a probable cause conference and asked a judge for more time to gather records. Moore faces charges of third-degree home invasion, a felony, and misdemeanor charges of stalking and breaking and entering related to an alleged incident that occurred Dec. 10, the day Moore was fired for engaging in an inappropriate relationship with a female staff member.
The filing signals Moore’s intent to fight the criminal charges by painting the case against him as an attempt by the staffer’s employment lawyer, Heidi Sharp, to extract a large settlement from what Moore’s lawyer called the “deep pockets of the University of Michigan.” Sharp, reached Friday night, did not provide a comment to The Athletic.
Michaels argued that Moore’s arrest warrant was issued based on misleading statements from Sharp, who “assumed control of the narrative” in statements to police.
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The lawyer representing former Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore alleged in court filings that accusations against Moore were part of a “litigation strategy designed to villainize Mr. Moore” ...