Sherrone Moore’s ex-assistant and mistress, Paige Shiver, tearfully revealed Friday that she lost the disgraced former Michigan University coach’s baby due to a medical emergency.
Shiver, 32, became pregnant during her years-long relationship with Moore, but despite wanting to keep it, was urged by doctors and Moore to end the pregnancy after she was diagnosed with Pompe Disease, a rare genetic disorder, she said in her full sitdown interview.
“Multiple doctors and experts told me that it wouldn’t be right or healthy for me to keep the baby,” Shiver told ABC News’s “Good Morning America” while wiping away tears.
When she approached Moore about what to do about the baby, he told her, “You have to do what’s right for your body,” Shiver said.
Shiver opened up about her tumultuous relationship with Moore and how it dramatically ended in December when he broke into her house and threatened to kill himself after she reported their affair to Michigan University officials.
She admitted she had thought she was in love with Moore, who is married with three children, until hindsight showed her what it really was.
“I did [love him], but obviously looking back at things and really reflecting on what happened, what was happening … It’s not love at all,” she said, saying she feared for her life when he stormed in after she reported him.
Moore, 40, was fired from his $5.5 million-a-year gig after just two seasons in December after Shiver, 32, turned in evidence of their affair to the school, with the school claiming he had an “inappropriate relationship” with a staffer.
Hours after learning he was canned, Moore barged into Shiver’s home, grabbed her butter knives and scissors, and threatened to kill himself.
“All of a sudden I hear footsteps, and they’re getting closer and louder … I run to my door to lock in, and he barges in,” she recalled in her interview with GMA.
“He said, ‘You ruined my life. Why would you do this too?’” she said.
Shiver said she feared for her life when the 6’4″ coach broke down in tears and threatened suicide.
Moore, whom Shiver first met as an intern in 2022 when he was a Michigan assistant coach, was manipulative and had “complete control” over her emotions and her professional career, she said.
“He knew that, and he used it, he used it against me,” she said.
“Every time I tried to pull away, every time I tried to get out of even Michigan, he always had a story, always had a way to pull me in … in making me feel that I couldn’t leave him because he was so miserable without me,” she revealed.
Moore faced up to five years in prison on home invasion and stalking charges.
He pleaded down to the lesser crimes of malicious use of a telecommunications device and trespassing.
He was sentenced to 18 months’ probation last week and has been ordered not to contact Shiver.
Shiver said she believes Moore should have gone to jail.
“I think he should have gotten more punishment for what she did,” she said.
Michigan replaced Moore with Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham on December 26.
