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KENTUCKY....
In an unusual letter publicly released Tuesday, Karen Sypher told U.S. District Judge Charles R. Simpson III that she is faced with a conviction for something she did not do and asked the judge to force her former attorney, James Earhart, to release her case file to her new counsel, David Nolan of Washington, D.C. A jury convicted Sypher in August of extortion, lying to the FBI and retaliating against a witness. Prosecutors said Sypher demanded millions in cash, cars and a house from Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino to stay quiet about their one-night stand at a Louisville restaurant in 2003. In the letter, Sypher claimed to have new evidence that will show her innocence, but she did not offer proof. In an e-mail attached to the letter, Earhart told an associate of Sypher to have Nolan schedule an appointment once he was admitted to practice in the case.