40 student-athletes added to lawsuit against University of Michigan in ex-coach hacking investigation

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The University of Michigan has a class action lawsuit on its hands because of former football coach Matt Weiss.
The number of plaintiffs in the suit jumped from two to 42 over the weekend.
Weiss is accused of exposing private images and videos of thousands of student-athletes. He was federally charged in March.
The plaintiffs are asking the university to pay for transferring all private information to a forensic data security firm.
Alex Weiss federally chargedFederal prosecutors charged Weiss with unlawfully accessing the social media and computer accounts of more than 3,300 individuals.
Weiss is accused of specifically targeting female students in an attempt to obtain intimate photos and videos without their knowledge or consent.