Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Alleged Pitino Extortion Case Set For Trial
KENTUCKY...
A June trial date has been tenatively set for a woman charged in an alleged extortion attempt of University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino. U.S. District Judge Charles Simpson on Monday set the trial for June 1 at the federal courthouse in Louisville. Karen Cunagin Sypher has pleaded not guilty to trying to extort money from Pitino, retaliating against a witness and lying to the FBI. She is accused of demanding college tuition for her children, her house to be paid off and $10 million. Pitino has acknowledged a brief fling with Sypher at a Louisville restaurant in 2003. Sypher has said the sexual encounter was not consensual.
A June trial date has been tenatively set for a woman charged in an alleged extortion attempt of University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino. U.S. District Judge Charles Simpson on Monday set the trial for June 1 at the federal courthouse in Louisville. Karen Cunagin Sypher has pleaded not guilty to trying to extort money from Pitino, retaliating against a witness and lying to the FBI. She is accused of demanding college tuition for her children, her house to be paid off and $10 million. Pitino has acknowledged a brief fling with Sypher at a Louisville restaurant in 2003. Sypher has said the sexual encounter was not consensual.
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