[5] In the fall of 2018, Daniels was placed on leave by the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance after allegations of sexual assault.

[10] In January 2019, Texas filed charges of second-degree sexual assault against Daniels and his husband, who were then arrested in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

[11] Daniels filed a federal lawsuit against the University of Michigan three years after being fired, but the case was dismissed by U.S. District Judge Sean Cox.

[12] On August 4, 2023, both Daniels and his husband, conductor Scott Walters, pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting another singer in Houston in 2010.

[1][13] Daniels will face eight years of probation, a lifetime requirement to register as a sex offender and an order that he refrain from contact with the singer he assaulted.

[1][13] Daniels married conductor Scott Walters at Dumbarton House in Washington, DC, on June 21, 2014; the ceremony was conducted by United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.