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Karen Sypher Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison in Rick Pitino Extortion Case

By FanHouse NewswireFeb 18th 2011 – 7:55PM

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- A judge has sentenced a woman convicted of threatening to reveal a sexual tryst with Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino unless he paid her millions to more than seven years in prison. Karen Cunagin Sypher sobbed during a hearing Friday before being sentenced to 87 months in prison by U.S....

Karen Sypher Convicted in Rick Pitino Extortion Case

By Milton KentAug 5th 2010 – 2:15PM

A Louisville (Ky.) jury returned a guilty verdict Thursday on all six counts against a woman who attempted to extort millions from Louisville men's basketball coach Rick Pitino. The jury convicted Karen Sypher, 50, on charges that she threatened to reveal an affair she had had with Pitino, if he didn't pay her hush money....

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