Overview

• The amended federal lawsuit filed June 27 in Detroit adds NFL coach Jim Harbaugh and Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel as defendants alongside former assistant coach Matt Weiss.
• Plaintiffs allege leaders knew in December 2022 that Weiss had accessed athletes’ private digital accounts but kept him on staff for a playoff game days later.
• Weiss pleaded not guilty to March federal charges of identity theft and unauthorized computer access after allegedly hacking into more than 2,000 college athletes’ accounts from 2015 to 2023.
• Investigators uncovered thousands of intimate photos and videos on Weiss’s devices and cloud storage during a multi-year federal probe.
• The class-action suit contends university officials prioritized the football program’s success over the safety and dignity of female student athletes.