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The Houston Chronicle has reported that Louisville men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino told police he had sex in a restaurant six years ago with a woman now accused of trying to extort millions of dollars from him. And when she told him two weeks later she was pregnant, he gave her $3,000 for an abortion.

♦Karen Sypher is the wife of Louisville equipment manager Tim Sypher!

The Courier-Journal of Louisville reported on its Web site Tuesday that Pitino told police he had been drinking in a Louisville restaurant and had consensual sex with Karen Sypher in August 2003. The police report said the 56-year-old coach denied Sypher’s allegations that he raped her after the restaurant closed and at another time somewhere else.

Sypher reported the rape allegations to police last month, but a Kentucky prosecutor said the complaint wouldn’t be prosecuted because it lacked supporting evidence. Sypher, 49, has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of lying to the FBI and trying to extort $10 million from Pitino, who is married.  Read Full Story Here

What is Pitino’s next move?

♦Report: Pitino tells cops he paid for abortion♦

ABOUT RICK & JOANNE PITINO:

They met in high school on Long Island at St. Dominic High in Oyster Bay, N.Y

Pitino and his wife Joanne have five children

Michael, Christopher, Richard (an assistant coach for the University of Florida Gators), Ryan and Jacqueline

(PHOTO:Richard Pitino)

They married  the 1976

Maiden Name: Joanne Minardi

Pitino became head coach of the New York Knicks in 1987. The year before he arrived, the team had won only 24 games. In just two years, Pitino led the Knicks to their first division title in nearly twenty years.

♦Karen and Tim Sypher♦

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Posted by:  Marcus C Justine (Sports Writer)