Investigators have seized thousands of intimate photos and videos from a former Baltimore Ravens and University of Michigan assistant football coach who is charged with hacking into the computer accounts of college athletes, the U.S. Justice Department told victims.

https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/ex-michigan-ravens-coach-hacking-investigation-thousands-intimate-images-found

“‘Thousands of candid, intimate photographs and videos have been seized from the defendant’s electronic devices and from his cloud storage accounts. Many show victims naked. Some show victims engaged in explicit sexual acts,’ the Justice Department’s Mega Victim Case Assistance Program said.”

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/44590845/thousands-intimate-images-seized-weiss-hacking-probe

Weiss has pleaded not guilty to all charges, stemming from 2015 to 2023.

Late last month a lawsuit seeking class-action status was filed on behalf of a former University of Michigan female gymnast and a former member of the women’s soccer team. https://apnews.com/article/hacking-football-coach-matt-weiss-d5b7ddc70470aee5b72b98d82dd6586c. Subsequent filings bring the total number of women who have filed lawsuits against Weiss and UM to 17. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2025/04/02/17-women-now-have-filed-lawsuits-against-ums-ex-football-coach/82774326007/.

In addition, today a 15-count mass action federal lawsuit has also been filed on behalf of students and student athletes against Weiss, the University of Michigan and Keffer Development Services.

This guy has a wife and three kids. Had the world by the tail. Crazy.

Last week Idaho expanded the death penalty to child predators. Firing squad is the preferred method of execution in Idaho.

Idaho state law previously allowed for imposition of death in first-degree murder cases with aggravating circumstances (prior murder conviction, creating a great risk of death to many, committing the murder for remuneration, heinousness, utter disregard for human life, or committing the murder during certain other crimes). The law now grants a judge or jury the ability to factor in the death penalty when crimes involving lewd conduct to a child under the age of 12 are proven in a trial.

https://www.deseret.com/the-west/2025/04/02/idaho-expands-death-penalty-to-pedophile-firing-squad

The statement of purpose for this legislation was that Idaho is too lenient in terms of penalizing convicted child molesters. Here is a statement by Idaho Governor Brad Little after he signed the bill into law:

Gov. Little’s statement on death penalty for pedophiles

Tennessee and Florida have similar laws on the books. There will be challenges to these laws based on the 2008 U.S. Supreme Court case Kennedy v. Louisiana (SC overturned death penalty (5-4) for man who raped his 8-year-old stepdaughter). The legislator quoted in the Deseret News article who thinks the current Supreme Court would not so rule today might be right. U.S. Supreme Court precedent might not help a convicted child rapist in Idaho who is sentenced to death given the current crop of U.S. Supreme Court justices.

If one believes the death penalty operates as a deterrent–or that pedophiles can in fact be deterred, this law may cause pedophiles to locate outside of Idaho, Tennessee and Florida.

Regardless, it seems indisputable that many jurisdictions “go easy” when sentencing pedophiles.

Two counts of first degree CSC with a minor and kidnapping become one count of third-degree criminal sexual conduct and assault with intent to commit sexual penetration. According to The Detroit News, Detroit-area Reverend Kenneth Flowers, age 63, pleaded “no contest” to these charges in Oakland County last week. His crimes took place in Farmington Hills. See https://www.theoaklandpress.com/2025/01/09/court-file-plea-deal-in-works-for-pastor-accused-of-rape/?utm_content=fb-TheOaklandPress&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=socialflow. He has not been sentenced yet. The maximum penalty on the criminal sexual conduct charge is 15 years in prison and the maximum penalty on the sexual assault charge is 10 years.

Any bets on how light his sentence will be?

After what will likely be a short stint in prison, the Reverend will want to stay out of Idaho, Tennessee and Florida. Just in case.