Paige Shiver is speaking publicly for the first time since the firing and conviction of her former boss, former University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore, revealing in an interview set to air Friday on Good Morning America how she says he manipulated and controlled her during their relationship.
Shiver, who worked as Moore's executive assistant, told ABC that the coach "had complete control over me" and weaponized that power against her. "My emotions, my career... and he knew that, and he used it against me," she said in excerpts the network released Thursday.
Moore, then 39, was dismissed from Michigan in December following what the university described as an "inappropriate relationship with a staff member." He was arrested shortly after an altercation at Shiver's apartment and later sentenced on April 14 to 18 months of probation.
The charges stemmed from allegations that Moore sent unwanted communications repeatedly after Shiver tried to end contact with him and reported the relationship to the university. When she attempted to break away, he allegedly went to her apartment and threatened self-harm, according to police.
Moore pleaded out to charges including felony third-degree home invasion, trespassing, and misuse of a telecommunications device. He will undergo mental health treatment, avoid alcohol, and maintain no contact with Shiver as conditions of his probation.
Shiver detailed a pattern of manipulation in the interview excerpts. Each time she tried to leave or distance herself, she said, Moore would find ways to pull her back in. "Every time I tried to pull away, every time I tried to try and get out of even Michigan, he always had a story, always had a way to pull me in and making me feel that I couldn't leave him because he was so miserable without me," Shiver explained.
After Moore's sentencing this month, Shiver issued a statement through her attorneys indicating the punishment fell short of addressing what she endured. She said the probation sentence "does not reflect the harm done to me or the objective evidence in this case."
The full interview airs Friday morning on ABC's Good Morning America program.
Author James Rodriguez: "Shiver's willingness to go on camera and name the control dynamic cuts through all the procedural noise of the case,this wasn't just an inappropriate workplace relationship, it was predatory."
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