Ex-Michigan assistant Chris Partridge sheds light on 2 more potential Wolverine scandals

A sticky situation in Ann Arbor just got a whole lot stickier on Monday after ex-Michigan football assistant coach Chris Partridge filed a federal lawsuit against the university and several key leaders, past and present.

Michigan State fans get to sit by once again with their popcorn ready because it looks like the school down the road is going to face serious backlash after two more alleged scandals have surfaced.

Partridge, a Michigan assistant from 2015-19 and linebackers coach during the 2023 season, has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the university after he was fired in November of that 2023 campaign after he was accused of destroying evidence during the sign-stealing scandal involving Connor Stalions.

This lawsuit was probably something that the university was never hoping would see the light of day, but it couldn’t stay under wraps forever.

On Monday, Outkick’s Trey Wallace reported the details of Partridge’s lawsuit against the University of Michigan, and it alleged two more scandals that weren’t public knowledge yet. He claimed that then-President Santa Ono and Warde Manuel knew about the sign-stealing scheme “seasons ago” before 2023 thanks to evidence found on also-fired former assistant Matt Weiss’ computer.

In case you don’t remember the Weiss situation, he was fired for “computer hacking crimes” but the specific details of that dismissal were never made public. Now it seems that Weiss was a scapegoat in this whole sign stealing operation, alleged by Partridge.

Making matters even worse for the Wolverines optically, Partridge alleges that Ono instructed the staff not to report findings from the sign stealing scheme to compliance, the NCAA, or any other party.

Gasoline has just been poured over the dumpster fire that is the Michigan athletic department which has apparently stretched to the university’s presidential office and the board of regents. It appears that everyone was complicit in this coverup and if you can believe it, it gets even worse.

Chris Partridge alleges a second Michigan scandal

A lot of the information that Partridge is sharing in the lawsuit isn’t a huge shock to anyone who has followed the Michigan sign-stealing scandal because most of us assumed that everyone in Ann Arbor was complicit. We all kind of figured that the university that always claimed moral high ground didn’t have a leg to stand on.

Michigan hasn’t been practicing what it’s been nauseatingly preaching.

In fact, Partridge’s second alleged scandal is really bad, too.

The former Michigan linebackers coach alleged that Manuel (Michigan’s AD) and others knew about Sherrone Moore’s affair with staffer Paige Shiver “for years” and it took another unnamed assistant urging her family to come forward in December with the information for it to go public.

Yet another batch of scandals facing Manuel and the Wolverines. It’s actually amazing that they weren’t hit with harsher penalties from the NCAA and it’s a miracle that Manuel is still employed (for now).

Michigan can accuse its rivals of a lot of things, but it’ll never be able to shake the title of ‘Scandal U’ — at least while Manuel is still in charge of the athletic department.

This new information is likely going to lead to Manuel’s (official) firing here soon.

I don’t ever want to hear another word about how righteous the University of Michigan is.

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