Buzz: Pitino Admits to Affair With His (Alleged) Extortionist
Blockbuster news out of Louisville tonight, as the Courier-Journal is reporting that Rick Pitino admitted to police that he had consensual sex with Karen Sypher, the woman who allegedly tried to extort him for houses, cars and money. The police reports show that Pitino had sex in a restaurant (all class, Rick!) with Sypher on August 1, 2003, and later gave her $3000 for an abortion as a result of that tryst. Sypher has since alleged that Pitino raped her on that occasion as well as one other time, but prosecutors have to date resisted bringing charges on the matter, citing issues of Sypher’s credibility. While the federal extortion charges remain against Sypher, we wonder whether this revelation might swing public opinion in Louisville more in favor of Sypher. Probably not – after all, Pitino has two straight Elite Eights under his belt.
Follow-up Post: Pitino’s Sex in the Champagne Room
Is that extortionist? Or CONTORTIONIST?
John Stevens
RTC
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