Latroy Lewis Firing Leaves Major Questions About What Michigan, the Falcons and Local Investigators Still Need to Clarify

Why this matters now: Latroy Lewis’s dismissal creates immediate institutional and legal uncertainty — an active criminal investigation, claims about how Michigan leadership handled an allegation, a pending protective-order filing and public denials from attorneys. The combination places the Falcons, a university review and local police under pressure to explain next steps while key details remain unresolved.

What remains unclear about Latroy Lewis’s case and the active probe

The central fact is that the Ann Arbor Police Department has opened an active investigation into an alleged sexual assault connected to an incident on December 5, 2024. Police communications say they were only recently made aware of the allegation and that the detective bureau launched an immediate probe; the initial statement did not name a suspect but was later updated to identify LaTroy Lewis as the suspect in the investigation. Beyond that, several elements are ambiguous in the provided context: how evidence is being handled, the current status of any protective order request, and the full content of early public disclosures (one early public mention appeared on social media Thursday night; another early report is unclear in the provided context).

Known sequence and institutional moves (embedded details)

What can be stated from the record: the Falcons dismissed LaTroy Lewis from his role as assistant defensive line coach on a Friday after the allegations surfaced. Lewis had been hired by the Falcons on Feb. 10 after previous coaching stints at Michigan, Toledo and UConn; his playing background includes time at Tennessee and three NFL seasons. Michigan confirms the allegations are deeply concerning and is conducting reviews related to previous personnel issues.

Allegations, interactions and responses tied to Michigan staff

The woman involved met Lewis through a dating app and began communicating in July 2024 while Lewis was serving on Michigan’s staff. Their first in-person meeting is said to have taken place at Weber's Hotel in Ann Arbor in December 2024, when the woman — who was in town for a work function — arranged to meet Lewis so he could return items she had given him. The woman’s attorney states that the alleged rape and battery occurred that night. The woman filed an incident report with the Ann Arbor Police Department and applied for a protective order earlier this week; a court clerk later confirmed an initiated personal-protection filing in Washtenaw County 22nd Circuit Court, though documents were not publicly available and the order had not yet been granted.

Interactions with coach Sherrone Moore and related institutional notes

The woman informed then-head coach Sherrone Moore about the incident, given that Lewis was a member of Michigan’s staff. The woman’s attorney alleges Moore did not report the matter and instead weaponized the situation against her, including sending lewd and sexually charged messages; that attorney also says Moore later pursued a physical relationship with the woman. Moore’s legal representative has denied those claims, stating he did not fail to report misconduct, did not reward wrongdoing and did not harass anyone. Michigan’s communications representative described the allegations as deeply concerning and referenced an ongoing review of Moore’s conduct and a broader culture review of the athletic department; anyone with relevant information was urged to contact the law firm handling the review at umconcerns@jenner. com.

Related incidents, police contacts and outstanding items

In January 2025, Milford police officers responded to a call at the woman’s home after neighbors heard raised voices. Both Lewis and the woman told officers that encounter involved a verbal argument that was not physical; the woman indicated Lewis was a coach at Michigan and said she did not want to discuss the matter with officers at the time. No charges were filed from that police response. The woman’s attorney maintains the woman was physically abused during that January incident but felt too frightened to tell officers then.

• Key takeaways: this matter blends criminal, civil and employment threads — an active police investigation tied to a Dec. 5, 2024 allegation; a protective-order filing that has been initiated but not granted; institutional reviews at Michigan; and an employment termination by the Falcons.
• The protective-order filing sits in Washtenaw County 22nd Circuit Court with no publicly available documents and no order granted yet.
• Public narratives diverge on early disclosure: a social-media post by a reporter surfaced Thursday night as an early public mention; other early-reporting details are unclear in the provided context.
• Separately, these allegations surfaced within a short span of other legal trouble connected to the Falcons — a related arrest of a Falcons player is referenced, but the account of that incident is unclear in the provided context.

Here's the part that matters: investigators, the university review and the Falcons now face overlapping timelines and competing demands for transparency while criminal and administrative processes unfold. The real question now is whether the police investigation and the university review will synchronize enough to resolve the unanswered items that matter to the public and to the people directly affected.

It’s easy to overlook, but the record contains firm denials from legal representatives: Lewis’s attorney has said Lewis intends to fight what the attorney calls false allegations, and Moore’s attorney has denied the claims about Moore’s conduct. At the same time, multiple official actions are on file — a police investigation announced as active, a protective-order filing initiated in county court, and personnel moves at both Michigan and the Falcons.

Writer’s aside: These overlapping legal and personnel steps often proceed at different speeds; in practice, criminal probes, civil filings and institutional reviews rarely resolve on the same timetable, which complicates public understanding while due process runs its course.