August 11, 2009

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A newspaper is reporting that Louisville
coach Rick Pitino told police he had sex and paid for an abortion
for the woman accused of trying to extort him for $10 million.
The Courier-Journal of Louisville reported on its Web site
Tuesday that Pitino told police he had been been drinking in a
Louisville restaurant and had consensual sex with Karen Sypher in
August 2003. The police report says he denies allegations by Sypher
that he raped her after the restaurant closed and at another time
somewhere else.
Police reports say he told investigators he gave Sypher $3,000
to have an abortion.
Last month, a Kentucky prosecutor said a complaint filed with a
police sex-offense unit by Sypher wouldn't be prosecuted because it
lacks supporting evidence. Sypher has pleaded not guilty to federal
charges of trying to extort money from Pitino and lying to the FBI.

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