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

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....

Defense Lawyer: Witnesses May Have Lied in Sypher Case

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP ) -- The attorney for the woman convicted of trying to extort University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino says prosecution witnesses may have lied during trial. James Earhart made the allegation in a motion filed in U.S. District Court in Louisville asking for more time to request a new...

Karen Sypher Convicted in Rick Pitino Extortion Case

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....

Karen Sypher Won't Take Stand in Rick Pitino Extortion Trial

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A woman charged with extortion will not take the stand in her trial for allegedly demanding millions to keep quiet about sex with Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino. It was never clear if 50-year-old Karen Cunagin Sypher would testify on her own behalf at the Louisville trial. But her lawyer ended...

Karen Sypher Refused Plea Deal, Says Ex-Husband

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- An ex-husband of a woman accused of demanding millions from Rick Pitino to keep quiet about their one-night stand has told jurors that his former wife turned down a plea deal because she wanted revenge. Randy Wise testified Monday that Karen Cunagin Sypher said in the summer of 2009, "I'm going...