2 former Michigan student-athletes say intimate images were stolen by ex-football coach in lawsuit
Former University of Michigan assistant football coach Matt Weiss pleaded not guilty to federal charges Monday as two women filed a class-action lawsuit alleging they were victims of a scheme to access private student accounts.
Former University of Michigan assistant football coach Matt Weiss pleaded not guilty to federal charges Monday as two women filed a class-action lawsuit alleging they were victims of a scheme to access private student accounts.
Weiss was charged in a 24-count indictment last week after federal prosecutors accused him of accessing the digital accounts of 3,300 student-athletes to download their intimate photos and videos. He pleaded not guilty on all charges and was released on a $10,000 unsecured bond, court records show.
Two women sued Weiss, the university, its Board of Regents and the company that managed the information of student athletes Weiss is accused of using to download personal information.
The women are "embarrassed, ashamed, humiliated, and mortified" that their private information has been accessed by total strangers and third parties, the lawsuit says.
Federal investigators accused Weiss of using the passwords of his colleagues with elevated access to the student-athlete database to download personally identifiable information and medical data of more than 150,000 athletes.
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