That year, Rick Pitino got involved in a controversy with a woman named Karen Cunagin Sypher. The Cardinal’s coach reportedly had an affair with Cunagin, which eventually led to a pregnancy ...

But the good times wouldn't last. In 2009, Pitino revealed he was targeted in an extortion attempt six years earlier by Karen Cunagin Sypher, who married Louisville assistant Tim Sypher in 2004.

There was also an extortion attempt on Pitino in 2009 by Karen Cunagin Sypher. She was the wife of Tim Sypher, who was Louisville's equipment manager. While Karen was found guilty, Pitino admitted ...

During his time at Louisville, it was revealed that Pitino had an affair with Karen Cunagin Sypher and paid $3,000 for her to have an abortion. Sypher, wife of Louisville equipment manager Tim ...

University of Louisville head coach Rick Pitino just wrapped up one of the most embarrassing stretches of his personal life. On Thursday, Pitino's case against a woman he accused of extorting ...

University of Louisville men's basketball Coach Rick Pitino told police he had consensual sex at a restaurant with a woman named Karen Cunagin Sypher in 2003. He also said he later gave the woman ...

During the ensuing investigation, he claimed that he had a sexual encounter with Karen Cunagin Sypher in 2003 and paid for her abortion after she became pregnant. Source: Courier-Journal In 2010 ...

Six years, five months and 11 days after she was sentenced to prison for trying to extort cash, cars and a house from University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino, Karen Cunagin Sypher ...

Karen Cunagin Sypher is one step closer to freedom. Sypher, who was sentenced in 2011 to seven years and three months in prison for trying to extort cash, cars and a house from University of ...

Fifty-six-year-old Karen Cunagin Sypher was sentenced to seven years and three months in 2011 for lying to the FBI, retaliating against a witness and extortion for trying to force Pitino to give ...

Karen Cunagin Sypher appeals her jury conviction. The relatively uncomplicated issues in this case have been overshadowed by the publicity generated by the lawyering. Sypher was charged with six ...