Sherrone Moore ‘Had Long History of Domestic Violence’ During Affair with Staffer, Her Lawyer Claimed: Detective

Sherrone Moore allegedly confessed to authorities after his Dec. 10 arrest that he had been in an “intimate relationship for approximately two years” with the University of Michigan staffer who had informed the school about their affair, according to officer testimony at a recent hearing.

Police say the embattled former football coach for the school was arrested after allegedly confronting the staffer inside her residence earlier that same day and refusing to leave until she called her lawyer, Heidi Sharp, according to a copy of the transcript from the complaint authorization hearing on Dec. 12 obtained by PEOPLE.

Sharp then called emergency dispatch on her client’s behalf and, according to testimony from Det. Jessica Welker of the Pittsfield Township Police Department, said that “Moore was inside of [her client’s] home, attacking her.”

The lawyer went on to tell emergency dispatch that “Moore has been stalking [her client] for months,” Welker said at the hearing, adding that Sharp later alleged to officers when they arrived on the scene that “Moore had a long history of domestic violence against [her client], and that he was very dangerous.”

Welker noted in court that Sharp and her client both shared their accounts of the events that transpired on the afternoon of Dec. 10 in interviews with responding officers at the staffer’s apartment.

According to Welker’s testimony, the staffer said to police that she had just arrived home following a meeting at the school when Moore allegedly showed up unannounced at the home and entered without permission.

The staffer told authorities that Moore “barged” into her home with “tears in his eyes” and allegedly “grabbed two knives out of her drawer and pointed them at her, saying, ‘You ruined my life. You ruined my life,'” Welker said in court.

Moore allegedly “continued towards her with the knives, backing her towards the living room,” Welker said, while the staffer tried to get Sharp on the phone.

Once she did connect with Sharp, Moore allegedly “turned the knives on himself, pointing them at his neck, saying that he was going to kill himself and she was going to watch,” Welker testified.

Moore then fled the apartment, but according to Welker, authorities believe he texted the staffer and said: “I hate you. My blood is on your hands.”

The staffer told the responding officers that she and Moore were in an “intimate relationship” but she informed him on the morning of Dec. 8 “that she had nothing more to say to him.”

Moore called and texted her multiple times over the next two days, the staffer alleged, per Welker’s testimony, and then showed up at her home.

Welker said that the staffer told officers on the scene “she has never been more terrified in her life.”

Upon being picked up by police later that day, Moore “denied physically assaulting [the staffer] and denied threatening her with any weapons,” Welker testified.

Moore was booked into the Washtenaw Corrections Division the night of Dec. 10, and released two days later following his first court appearance.

He was arraigned on one felony and two misdemeanor counts: third-degree home invasion, stalking and breaking and entering. The home invasion is the felony charge and stalking and breaking and entering are both misdemeanor charges.

If convicted on the home invasion charge, Moore could be sentenced to up to five years in prison.

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Moore’s attorney, Joseph Simon, declined to offer any information about his client’s release, which comes with a number of conditions. He will have to wear a GPS tether and continue to receive mental health treatment, the judge ordered, and he is prohibited from having any contact with the named alleged victim in the case.

“That means no calling, no writing, no video chatting, no texting, no emailing, or any other form of contact the human mind can possibly fathom,” Washtenaw County Magistrate Judge Odetalla Odetalla said to Moore at his arraignment on Frida, Dec. 12. “No one in the world thinks that this person is going to reach out to you. Should they do so — and again, no one thinks that they’re going to — you may not reply in any form or fashion.”

Moore will not be back in court for more than a month, returning on Jan. 22, 2026, for a probable cause hearing.

He is now out of a job and the $12.3 million guaranteed by his contract over the next three years because the university fired him for cause. It is unclear whether he can or will challenge that assessment.

Moore is also not facing any assault charges at this time.

Washtenaw County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Kati Rezmierski argued against Moore’s release at that court hearing, saying: “While I understand there isn’t evidence to suggest that he directly threatened the victim with any of those implements that I’ve indicated, the totality of the behavior is highly threatening and highly intimidating.”

“She was terrorized, Your Honor,” said Rezmierski.

Moore, who has three young daughters with his wife Kelli, has yet to comment on his firing or the charges.