Former Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore was ordered to continue mental health treatment as a condition of his bond.
Moore faces charges including felony third-degree home invasion and misdemeanor stalking after an incident at a staffer’s home.
Prosecutors allege Moore forced his way into the staffer’s apartment and threatened self-harm after being fired.
Moore’s bond was set at $25,000, and he will be required to wear a GPS tether upon release.
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Fired University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore was ordered by a judge on Dec. 12 to continue mental health treatment as a condition of his bond, after Moore allegedly threatened self-harm at the home of a Michigan staffer prior to his arrest by police.
Moore was arraigned in Washentaw County district court and charged with third-degree home invasion, stalking (domestic relationship) and breaking and entering. Third-degree home invasion is a felony charge, while the other two charges are misdemeanors.
Moore appeared at the hearing via video conference, wearing all-white, jail issued shirt and pants. He sat with his hands clasped in his lap and spoke only when addressed by the judge, to state his name and to say, ‘Yes, your Honor.’
Michigan announced Moore’s firing in a statement at 4:43 p.m. ET on Dec. 10, minutes after police report they were called to an Ann Arbor-area apartment complex at 4:10 p.m. to investigate ‘an alleged assault.’ Moore was arrested and booked into the Washtenaw County Jail that evening, where he has since remained, according to jail records.
In its statement, the university said Moore was fired for cause after an investigation found ‘credible evidence’ that he ‘engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a staff member.’
The Michigan staff member has not been named in police or court documents.
Kati Rezmierski, the first assistant prosecutor, said in court on Dec. 12 that Moore and the staff member were in an intimate relationship for ‘a number of years’ until Dec. 8, when the staff member broke up with Moore and began to cooperate with the university’s investigation. After Moore was fired, he went to the staffer’s apartment and forced his way inside, grabbed several butter knives and pair of kitchen scissors and began to threaten his own life. “Your blood is on my hands,” Moore allegedly said, according to the prosecutor.
The staff member called her attorney and then indicated she was going to call police, at which point Moore left. He was arrested nearby a short time later.
Rezmierski argued that Moore posed a threat to public safety, a suggestion refuted by Moore’s defense attorney, Joseph Simon.
Simon said Moore was taken to St. Joseph Mercy Health System for a mental health evaluation following his arrest on Dec. 10 but was then turned back over to law enforcement. Moore had a second mental health evaluation on Dec. 11. Simon added that Moore had no weapons to surrender and would ‘absolutely comply’ with future mental health evaluations ordered by the court.
Bond, release conditions for Moore include GPS tracking
Moore’s bond was set at $25,000 and he will be required to wear a GPS tether upon his release. The presiding judge, Odetalla M. Odetalla, directed Moore not to use alcohol, marijuana or non-prescribed drugs, not to purchase a weapon or engage in criminal conduct and not to leave the state of Michigan without the court’s permission.
Odatella also ordered Moore to avoid contacting the victim by phone, in person “or any other form of contact the human mind could possibly fathom.”
When asked if he understood, Moore replied, ‘Yes, Your Honor.’
The next court hearing in Moore’s case is a probable cause conference set for Jan. 22.