In the wake of the arrest and termination of former Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore, some reports have repeated the allegation that Moore had a “long history of domestic violence” against Paigh Shiver a woman with whom he reportedly had an intimate relationship. That characterization, based on statements from the accuser’s attorney, does not align with the factual record available to the public.
At a preliminary hearing related to Moore’s Dec. 10 arrest in Washtenaw County, the attorney for the woman involved in the incident described to 911 dispatchers that Moore was “very dangerous” and had a “long history of domestic violence.” Those statements were made in the context of an emergency call and have been reported in media accounts of the case.
However, court records do not document any prior charges or convictions of domestic violence against Moore, and there is no public criminal record showing he was ever charged with assault or any form of domestic abuse before this case. Prosecutors have charged Moore with felony third-degree home invasion and misdemeanor stalking and breaking-and-entering in connection with the Dec. 10 incident, but he has not been charged with domestic violence in the past…