Ex-Michigan football assistant LaTroy Lewis dismissed by Falcons after Ann Arbor sexual abuse probe

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Former Michigan Wolverines football assistant coach LaTroy Lewis was fired by the Atlanta Falcons after an Ann Arbor police investigation into allegations of sexual abuse.

The Falcons confirmed in a statement on Friday (Feb. 27) that Lewis was no longer with the team.

Police said the allegations relate to an incident on Dec. 5, 2024, when Lewis was a graduate assistant at Michigan under former head coach Sherrone Moore.

ESPN Falcons beat reporter Marc Raimondi took to X on Friday (Feb. 27) to confirm the report that Lewis had been dismissed from his role with the team.

The Ann Arbor Police Department confirmed to Local 4 that it is investigating allegations of sexual assault against Lewis.

“The Ann Arbor Police Department was just recently made aware of allegations regarding a sexual assault reported to have occurred on December 5, 2024. The suspect in this investigation is LaTroy Lewis. The AAPD Detective Bureau launched an immediate investigation into the incident. This investigation remains active and ongoing.”

In a statement, Paul Corliss, a spokesperson for the University of Michigan, told ESPN that the allegations were “deeply concerning.”

Karen Truszkowski, the woman’s attorney, told ESPN that her client filed an incident report with the Ann Arbor Police Department and applied for a protective order against Lewis earlier this week.

Truszkowski told ESPN that the woman and Lewis met on a dating app and started communicating in July 2024 while Lewis was an assistant defensive line coach at Michigan.

Truszkowski said Lewis’ behavior “became increasingly aggressive” over text and phone calls.

The two met in person for the first time at Weber’s Hotel in Ann Arbor in December 2024, where Truszkowski said Lewis was supposed to return goods her client had given him.

According to Truszkowski, Lewis allegedly raped and battered her client at the hotel.

The woman said she informed Moore, whom she knew personally, about the incident, Truszkowski said.

Truszkowski alleges Moore did not report Lewis and “weaponized” the incident against the woman, including sending her lewd and sexually charged text messages.

Moore’s attorney, Ellen Michaels, denied those allegations in a statement to ESPN.

“Sherrone Moore did not fail to report misconduct, did not reward wrongdoing, and did not harass anyone,” Michaels said. “These claims are false.”

In January 2025, officers from the Milford Police Department responded to a call to the woman’s home after neighbors heard raised voices, according to an incident report obtained by ESPN.

The report says both Lewis and the woman told officers they had gotten into a verbal argument that was not physical; no charges were filed.

Truszkowski said Lewis physically abused her client during that January incident, but that the woman was too afraid to tell police at the time.

The Falcons hired Lewis on Feb. 10 after coaching stints at Michigan, Toledo, and UConn.

He played defensive line at the University of Tennessee and spent three seasons in the NFL.

Michigan fired Moore on Dec. 10, 2025, for an inappropriate relationship with a staff member.

He was later arrested on charges related to stalking and illegally entering the staff member’s home and is awaiting trial.

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According to ESPN, Corliss said the university is reviewing Moore’s conduct and the athletic department’s culture and encouraged anyone with information to come forward.

The allegations against Lewis emerged less than three weeks after Falcons edge rusher James Pearce Jr. was arrested in Florida on multiple felony charges related to an alleged Feb. 7 incident involving his ex-girlfriend, WNBA star and Detroit native Rickea Jackson.