Rick Pitino, the man known for his tailored suits may soon be dealing with one of the legal variety as this odd story plays out.
The Louisville Courier-Journal is reporting that Pitino, the University of Louisville men's basketball coach, told police that he had consensual sex with Karen Cunagin Sypher at a Louisville restaurant where he'd been drinking on Aug. 1, 2003.
Pitino went on the tell the cops that he'd paid Sypher $3,000 to have an abortion following their tryst, but denies her claims of rape at the restaurant Porcini and again at a different location.
The Courier-Jounral was forced to use Kentucky open records laws to acquire the information.
The paper reports that Sypher has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiring to extort Pitino and lying to the FBI, both of which she has pleaded not guilty to. She reported the alleged rapes to Metro Police on July 9, about two months after she was indicted.
The Commonwealth's Attorney has said there will be no charges in the incident.Sgt. Andy Abbott said in an investigative summary that Sypher failed, for example, to disclose that another person was at Porcini Restaurant when she said the first incident occurred.
That witness, Vinnie Tatum, an executive assistant to Pitino, told the FBI that he didn't see what happened but heard "only the sounds of two people that seemed to be enjoying themselves during a sexual encounter," according to Abbott's report.
Abbott said records also indicate that Pitino was in California when Sypher claimed he sexually assaulted her a second time. "The more information I gather, the worse it looks for you," Abbott told Sypher during a July 13 phone interview, according to a transcript of the call.
Rick why?!
First, I don't believe Pitino would rape her, as that just does not make sense, but from information presented, it's assured he had sex with her. Second, say something did happen, because of his reputation, vs. hers, without indisputable facts, she would and will get thrown to the dogs. In this case, since it's already been found she is lying about the second contact. Her credibility is shot, and since she tried to blackmail him, she does need to be prosecuted.
I'm sure Pntino will not loose some of his fan base, but he has lost
many of us that believe someone in his position of trust needs to hold themselves to a higher standard of conduct.
Supposedly she contacted Pitino 2 weeks after their encounter at the restaurant, telling him she was pregnant. Now, how the heck can someone know she is pregant 2 WEEKS after having sex? Am I missing something here? Only if she had sex with someone else weeks before her encounter with Pitino could she possibly be pregnant by someone else. Unless Pitino has some kind of super-sperm?