define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); rick pitino extortion scandal – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:19:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 http://rushthecourt.net http://rushthecourt.net/wp-content/mbp-favicon/RTC.jpg Rush The Court A Final Post on Pitino and Sypher. . . (for now) http://rushthecourt.net/2009/08/12/a-final-post-on-pitino-and-sypher-for-now/ http://rushthecourt.net/2009/08/12/a-final-post-on-pitino-and-sypher-for-now/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:35:02 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=10876

After finishing what I thought would be RTC’s last Rick Pitino-Karen Sypher post late last night/early this morning, I had a funny feeling that something seemed fishy about the story. I was a little confused about the dates that the Louisville Courier-Journal cited from the police reports. The dates on Sypher’s story didn’t seem to add up. I briefly mentioned it to Dan Levy, who mentioned an outline of my idea on today’s podcast. I was set to put up a sensational post (actually this very draft, but with a substantially different title). After discussing it with our legal [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2009/08/12/a-final-post-on-pitino-and-sypher-for-now/feed/ 2 Pitino’s Sex in the Champagne Room http://rushthecourt.net/2009/08/12/sex-in-the-champagne-room/ http://rushthecourt.net/2009/08/12/sex-in-the-champagne-room/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:28:40 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=10872

As we mentioned in our earlier “Buzz” post about the topic, Louisville head coach Rick Pitino reportedly admitted to local law enforcement officials that he had consensual sex with Karen Sypher at Porky’s Porcini’s, a local restaurant, on August 1, 2003 (perhaps in this private room) and paid $3,000 for Sypher to have an abortion (more on this later). While the fact that a powerful male figure having sex outside of his marriage isn’t that shocking, the way that this story has come about is surprising nonetheless (not unlike the recent Josh Hamilton photos).  The saga, which we [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2009/08/12/sex-in-the-champagne-room/feed/ 3 Buzz: Pitino Admits to Affair With His (Alleged) Extortionist http://rushthecourt.net/2009/08/11/buzz-pitino-admits-to-affair-with-his-alleged-extortionist/ http://rushthecourt.net/2009/08/11/buzz-pitino-admits-to-affair-with-his-alleged-extortionist/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:02:27 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=10869

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 [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2009/08/11/buzz-pitino-admits-to-affair-with-his-alleged-extortionist/feed/ 1