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Charger Coach Los Angeles Jim Harbaugh It was added Friday to the lawsuit against his former employer, University of Michigan and former assistant football coach accused of hacking in computer systems to acquire photographs of college athletes.
Lawyers claim that Harbaugh is allowed Matt Weiss To continue working as a co-insulting coordinator in the National Play-play game after weiss Video to watch private information about the computer in December 2022. Years.
“Delay university in laying meaningful protective action until the last atmosphere, the student welfare was secondary,” Parker Stinar said, a leading lawyer in the Weiss Criminal Investigation.
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Car charger in Los Angeles coach Jim Harbaugh at a press conference on a screw. (Kirby Lee / Imagn images)
“If Harbaugh realized the basic supervision of his staff, prosecutors and classes would be protected from predators such as weiss,” updated lawsuits. “Instead, weiss was highly compensatory funds that promoted and within a football program, from which the position could have done, target female student athletes.”
Messages from associated printing I request a comment from Harbaugh and Michigan Athletic Director Varde Manuel did not return immediately on Friday.
The lawsuit says that staff member of Private Information in Hall Shembechler, the seat of the football team, around 21. December 2022. years, and before Michigan played Texas Christian University in the playoffs.
Weiss fired several weeks later in January 2023. years during the investigation of computer use.
Earlier this year, after submitting charges, Harbaugh told reporters that he did not know anything about weiss “trouble to playoff game. He said they said” shocking “.
“Just shocked, completely shocked. Disordered,” Harbaugh said in the video shares the team. “It was after the TCU game found out, we found out that there were allegations,” he added. “And you said that. I mean, indictment, that’s not a word that – sympathy for victims and Mattin’s family. It’s shocking.”
The American tourist office for Michigan The Eastern District announced the indictment this month, more than two years after Veis, 42 years, was fired from his coaching position under Harbaugh after the investigation of alleged crimes.
Chief coach Jim Harbaugh from Michigan Volverines after the big ten championship against Iowa Hawkeye at Lucas Oil Stadium 2. December 2023. in Indianapolis. (Michael Hickey / Getty Images)
According to the indictment, Veiss acquired an unauthorized access to the databases of the Student-Athlete from more than 100 faculties and the university who maintained a third party supplier. ” Then he allegedly took personal information and data more than 150,000 athletes. From there, weiss managed to access information more than 2,000 athletes, including access to their social media, e-mail and warehouse in the cloud.
Weiss is accused that this information will take over “personal, intimate digital photos and videos that have never been intended to be shared outside of intimate partners,” prosecutors said. Alleged crimes took place since 2015. until January 2023. years, and it was alleged to have a targeted woman primarily.
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Weiss, which was fired in 2023. year because he failed to cooperate with the school investigation, he entered guilt.
Weiss worked for Harbaugh’s brother, John, at the coaching staff of NFL Baltimore Ravens before joining Michigan 2021. years.
The lawsuit says Veiss’s university computer had encryption software that had to disable the external supplier as part of the investigation. Authorities discovered in April that thousands of intimate photos and video for cloud storage were found on its electronic devices.
Main coach Jim Harbaugh, Mike Morris (90), Michigan Volverines (58) and Michigan Volverines is prepared to take the field before the game against state Spartants Michigan at Michigan 29. October 2022. in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Aaron J. Thornton / Getty Images)
NCA has previously submitted a four-year order for Harbaugh after determining coaches who had an inadmissible contact with recruits and players during Savid-19 limited period. The organization was determined by Harbaugh “engaged in unethical behavior, failed to promote the atmosphere of compliance and violated obligations over the responsibility of the head.”
Before that, Harbaugh and Michigan were under investigation due to an inadmissible reconnaissance and The allegations for theft of the application It threw a shadow over Michigan’s guidance until 2024. National Championship. The big ten conferences eventually suspended Harbaugh for three games.
The associated press has contributed to this report.
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