Former Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh said on Monday He was not aware of The cybercrimes would have been committed by the former assistant Matt Weiss Until Weiss trained his last match with the Roads In the 2022 university football playoffs.
Weiss, a quarter of the Michigan quarter in 2021 and co-offensive coordinator in 2022, was charged on March 20 for federal criminal accusations on computers in more than 100 colleges, stealing identities and usurping the mainly identity of students. Weiss is accused of having downloaded “personal photographs and videos, intimate, many women.
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“It was after the TCU match that we discovered, we discovered, that there were allegations”, the Los Angeles Chargers The head coach said to Dave Birkett De Detroit Free Press on Monday In Palm Beach, Florida, during the annual NFL spring meeting. “And you said, I mean the indictment, it’s not a word that – sympathy for the victims and for Matt’s family. It’s shocking.”
Reading required: Former Michigan coach Matt Weiss is accused of hacking for “intimate” photos of female athletes
Weiss pleaded not guilty to the 24 accusations last week before the Federal Court of Detroit. He would have committed crimes by entering the student-athlete databases of a third party supplier of 2015-23.
Weiss was a long -standing assistant for the Baltimore Ravens Under Harbaugh’s brother John Harbaugh. Weiss was a Crows Assistant from 2009 to 2010, leading to a variety of offensive and defensive roles. He was also a graduate assistant to Stanford under Harbaugh from 2005 to 2008.
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“Simply shocking,” said John Harbaugh on Monday. “Shocking. Surprising. I have not seen that this one coming.
Weiss has spent the last two seasons as an entrepreneur with the Cleveland Browns And Seattle SeahawksAccording to Pro Football Talk.
Two former athletes from the University of Michigan deposited distinct civil proceedings Against Weiss, the heads of school, the Council of Regents and the third -party supplier who did not protect them from the alleged misconduct of Weiss. They refer to two of the potentially 1,000 former athlete students in their situation and asked for the reference status in their trial.
The University of Michigan began investigating potential computer crimes at the Schembechler Hall, the Michigan football building from December 21 to 23, 2022. Weiss was dismissed shortly after January 20, after reports that the authorities were seen at his home.
This article originally appeared on USA Today: Jim Harbaugh reacts to hacking allegations against Matt Weiss
