ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) 鈥� former executive assistant is suing the , claiming the school violated the Freedom of Information Act by denying requests made on her behalf after the football coach was fired for having an inappropriate relationship with her.
Paige Shiver and her attorneys filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in a Washtenaw County court seeking requested records and punitive damages.
鈥淚t was important for our client to file this initial FOIA lawsuit to ensure the truth and facts come out,鈥� attorney Andrew M. Stroth said.
School spokesman Paul Corliss declined comment.
in December after leading the Wolverines for two seasons following to the NFL鈥檚 Los Angeles Chargers.
He was accused of confronting Shiver, with whom he had been having an affair, and blaming her for his firing. Authorities said she had previously ended the affair and spoken to school officials about it.
Moore pleaded no contest to trespassing and malicious use of a telecom device and was placed on probation in April for 18 months.
Shiver did not attend the hearing and released a statement saying the sentence 鈥渄oes not reflect the harm done to me.”
The plea deal came after attorney Ellen Michaels planned to how police gathered and shared information to get an arrest warrant. She argued that police didn鈥檛 disclose that Moore and Shiver had a working relationship that involved calls and text messages.
Attorney Julie Murphy sent the university a series of FOIA requests, including the investigative file related to Moore鈥檚 firing, from February to June and each was denied by the school.
鈥淭his public university paid Jenner & Block $12 million to investigate the Sherrone Moore scandal and the abuse, Title IX and Title VII violations within the athletic department and Schembechler Hall, yet now refuses to release the investigation鈥檚 findings,鈥� Stroth said.
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