The fallout from the Sherrone Moore era is somehow getting uglier at Michigan.<\/p>\n
Wide receiver Anthony Simpson, who transferred to Michigan last offseason from Massachusetts and entered the transfer portal last week \u2014 alleged in a since-deleted tweet that he was \u201ctreated unfairly\u201d over playing time because Moore was \u201cblackmailed\u201d by players and staff members.<\/p>\n
Michigan fired 39-year-old Moore with cause on Dec. 10 for engaging in an \u201cinappropriate\u201d relationship with his executive assistant Paige Shiver \u2014 and he was arrested by Pittsfield police<\/a>\u00a0later that day for an alleged assault.<\/p>\n University of Michigan Football Coach Sherrone Moore on the sidelines before the Michigan Ohio State game in Ann Arbor, Michigan on November 29, 2025. Jeff Kowalsky\/ZUMA \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n \u201cIf I kept my mouth closed no one would know that I was a part of a scandal that impacted the team and impacted my chance to add to my production in college,\u201d Simpson wrote on X<\/a>, according to multiple reports. \u201cTried to stay at Michigan but the \u2018GM\u2019 [Sean Magee] said there wasn\u2019t a roster spot for me. God has plans for us all and I can\u2019t wait to see where this journey takes me. Thank you Michigan \u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udfff<\/p>\n \u201cTargets vs non targets, I was the best slot receiver for Michigan and I was treated unfairly due to [Sherrone] Moore being blackmailed by players and staff members. Which jeopardized my opportunity to get on the field.<\/p>\n \u201cFastest player on the team and I won reps every day in practice. Only there for fall camp. Our team captains also advocated for me to play. I was denied fairness.\u201d<\/p>\n Michigan\u2019s starting slot receiver, Semaj Morgan, appeared to weigh in. <\/p>\n \u201cY\u2019all let people tell y\u2019all anything and believe it,\u201d he wrote<\/a>, according to Click On Detroit.<\/p>\n Some former Wolverine players also chimed in. <\/p>\n \u201cif only y\u2019all knew and understood a .10 of what he really saying tho,\u201d former wideout Cristian Dixon wrote<\/a>, including a pair of crying laughing emojis, on X.<\/p>\n Wide receiver Anthony Simpson, who transferred to Michigan last offseason from Massachusetts, entered the portal last week. University of Michigan <\/p>\n Former Michigan center Raheem Anderson\u00a0added, \u201cDat part.\u201d <\/p>\n Michigan athletics has not addressed the matter as of Wednesday.<\/p>\n Simpson announced on X that he has transferred to Toledo.<\/p>\n Last month, multiple sources\u00a0told CBS<\/a> that Moore\u2019s sex scandal was Michigan\u2019s \u201cworst-kept\u201d secret. <\/a><\/p>\n Former Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore wore a white jumpsuit while appearing at his arraignment on Friday, December 12, 2025. Moore, who was\u00a0charged with<\/a>\u00a0felony home invasion, stalking and breaking and entering, is due in court Jan. 22.<\/p>\n Prosecutors said Moore broke into Shiver\u2019s residence, grabbed butter knives and scissors from a kitchen drawer and told her, \u201cI am going to kill myself. I\u2019m going to make you watch. My blood is on your hands. You ruined my life.\u201d<\/p>\n The New York Post cover for Friday, December 12, 2025 featuring former Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore and his wife, Kelli Moore. docallaghan<\/p>\n Moore\u2019s bond was set at $25,000, and he is required to wear a GPS monitor and have no contact with Shiver, per conditions of his release. <\/p>\n Moore\u2019s wife, Kelli,<\/a> told an emergency dispatcher she was \u201cworried my husband is going to hurt himself\u201d after the news of his firing, as heard in\u00a0a 911 audio call obtained by TMZ<\/a> earlier this month.<\/p>\n
\n Washtenaw County Court<\/p>\n