The current charges and former Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh were added as a collective appeal against the former Wolverines trainer, Matt Weiss on Friday. The prosecution, filed by 11 anonymous women, is only one of the more than a dozen civil affairs that have been brought against Weiss and the University of Michigan since Weiss was charged in March with 14 unauthorized access chiefs for computers and 10 aggravated identity leaders.
According to the federal case against Weiss, he had access to the databases of student-athletes in more than 100 universities which were maintained by a third party supplier. From 2015 to 2023, Weiss would have used this access to download personal identification information from athletes, which he then used to hack emails, social media and cloud storage accounts belonging to more than 2,000 athletes. After accessing these accounts, Weiss would have downloaded videos and personal and intimate photos belonging to his victims.
The modified complaint indicates that Harbaugh and other university administrators allowed Weiss to train in the Bowl of the Fiesta 2022, although it was informed that it was flying the private data of the complainants. According to the trial, a member of Michigan staff saw Weiss see private information from the complainants on a computer in Schembechler Hall. The trial indicates that this occurred between December 21 and 23 in 2022 and that the staff immediately reported what he saw at university, which led to a survey by the University’s police department. Despite this, Weiss was with the team on December 31, 2022 while the Wolverines played TCU in the Fiesta Bowl. Of the trial:
The university knowingly authorized Weiss to train in the Fiesta Bowl on December 31, 2022, although it was known that it had been seen access to the private information of the applicants between December 21 and 23, 2022 at the Schembechler Hall, and despite this, it was reported at university before December 31, 2022
In this way, the university has put profits before people, in particular
Women and women athletes.
Weiss was put on administrative leave a few weeks after the Fiesta Bowl and was finally dismissed at the end of January 2023. He was charged in March 2025.
Harbaugh was invited to his reaction to the indictment at the NFL annual meeting in March. “Shocked,” he said. “Completely shocked. Desurable.”
The complete modified complaint can be read below:
