Saturday, June 26, 2010
Louisville Courier-Journal Files Motion In Pitino Case
KENTUCKY....
The Louisville Courier-Journal filed a motion Friday to intervene in the July 26th extortion case involving Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino. The Louisville newspaper is challenging a federal judge's order barring reporters from interviewing Karen Cunagin Sypher. Courier-Journal says the order violates the First Amendment by imposing a prior restraint on the media and gagging a defendant in a criminal trial. Sypher has talked to several reporters since being charged 14 months ago of trying to extort money from Pitino and lying to the FBI for which she has pleaded not guilty. But, last week, U.S. District Judge Charles R. Simpson III's handed down an order, saying, if anyone other than the judge or defense lawyers try to talk to Karen Cunagin Sypher, they will be barred from the courtroom.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 12:02 PM 
