ANN ARBOR, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – On Friday, former University of Michigan head football coach Jim Harbaugh was added to a federal lawsuit against the university. His name, along with Michigan Athletic Director Warde Manuel, former UM President Sant Ono, and 47 others, are now part of the lawsuit against former offensive coordinator Matt Weiss. He is being charged with 14 counts of unauthorized access to computers and 10 counts of aggravated identity theft.

The lawsuit claims that head coach Jim Harbaugh and others knew about Weiss’ viewing of private information on a computer in December 2022. Knowing about Weiss and what happened, Harbaugh and others sill allowed him to coach in the 2023 College Football Playoff semi-final game vs. Texas Christian University.

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The lead lawyer in the class action lawsuit, Parker Stinar, said on ESPN.com, “The university’s delay in taking meaningful protective action until after a high-stakes game sends a clear message: Student welfare was secondary.” Stinar adds, “Had Harbaugh implemented basic oversite of his staff, plaintiffs and the class would have been protected against predators such as Weiss. Instead, Weiss was a highly compensated asset that was promoted by and within the football program, from which position he was able to, and did, target female student athletes.”

In the lawsuit, it says that a staff member did view Weiss seeing private information at UM Football headquarters Schembechler Hall around December 21, 2022, and reported it before the Wolverines played TCU on December 31.

Weiss has more than a dozen civil lawsuits filed against him. In April, authorities said that thousands of intimate photos and videos were found on Weiss’ cloud storage accounts and electronic devices after breaking through with encrypted software from an external vendor.