Sherrone Moore’s ex-assistant and former mistress, Paige Shiver, tearfully revealed Friday that she aborted the disgraced former University of Michigan head football coach’s baby due to a medical condition.
Shiver, 32, became pregnant early in her years-long relationship with Moore, 40, but was urged by doctors and Moore alike to end the pregnancy due to her past diagnosis with Pompe Disease, a rare genetic disorder.
“Multiple doctors and experts told me that it wouldn’t be right or healthy for me to keep the baby,” Shiver told ABC News’ “Good Morning America” while wiping away tears in her first sitdown interview about the sordid affair.
Paige Shiver wipes a tear as she details her affair with former Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore. Good Morning America
Sherrone Moore makes a virtual appearance in court after his arrest for felony home invasion. Washtenaw County CourtWhen she approached Moore about what to do, he told her, “You have to do what’s right for your body,” said Shiver, who acknowledged that she wanted to have the child.
Shiver opened up about her tumultuous relationship with Moore and its dramatic end this past December, when he broke into her house and threatened to kill himself after she reported their affair to university officials.
She admitted she had thought she was in love with Moore, who is married with three children, until hindsight showed her what the relationship 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.
Moore, 40, was fired from his $5.5 million-a-year gig after just two seasons on Dec. 10, when Shiver turned in evidence of their affair to the school. In announcing the coach’s termination, Michigan Athletic Director Warde Manuel cited an “inappropriate relationship” between Moore and a staffer.
After learning he was canned, Moore barged into Shiver’s home, grabbed butter knives and scissors, and threatened to kill himself.
The New York Post front cover on Dec. 13, 2025.
“All of a sudden I hear footsteps, and they’re getting closer and louder … I run to my door to lock it, and he barges in,” she recalled in her interview with “GMA.”
“He said, ‘You ruined my life. Why would you do this to me?'” she said.
Shiver said she feared for her life when the 6’4″ coach — himself a former college football player — broke down in tears and threatened suicide.
“He comes in with his hood up, looking down at me, saying I ruined his life and is crying,” she said. “He’s not listening to me. And it’s like he knew he had control over me. He knew he had power over me.”
Moore, whom Shiver first met as an intern in 2022 when he was a Michigan assistant coach, “had complete control over me, over my emotions, over my career, and he knew that, and he used it against me,” she emphasized.
“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 and make me feel that I couldn’t leave him because he was so miserable without me.”
Sherrone Moore with his wife, Kelli, in a photo posted to Facebook on Oct. 28, 2024. FacebookMoore 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, the daughter of a longtime Chicago Bears scout, said Friday she believes Moore should have spent time behind bars.
“I think he should have gotten more punishment for what she did,” she said.
Michigan replaced Moore with former University of Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham on Dec. 26.






