LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- It started as a fling between a former model and a famous (and married) college basketball coach at the table of an Italian restaurant after closing time. Now the woman, Karen ...

The woman convicted of attempted extortion of University of Louisville head basketball coach Rick Pitino isn't giving up her efforts to get out of federal prison.In February 2011, Karen Sypher was ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A Kentucky woman was convicted of extortion Thursday after she demanded millions of dollars from Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino to keep their tryst at a restaurant secret.

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - With so much evidence and testimony presented over eight days, jurors in the Karen Sypher extortion trial had a lot to go through during deliberations. We talked with several ...

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Tim Sypher, the ex-husband of the woman charged with trying to extort money from UofL basketball coach Rick Pitino, testified for a second day Friday as the first week of ...

The Rick Pitino-Karen Cunagin Sypher saga has never lacked for lurid or ridiculous details. When Sypher’s federal extortion trial began Monday, her defense attorneys claim that Pitino threatened to ...

Twenty-one witnesses took the stand for the prosecution. Now, it's time for Karen Sypher's defense."My name has been slandered all over, and I've not been able to speak," Sypher said in July 2009. "I ...

A jury on Thursday convicted a Kentucky woman of extortion after she demanded millions of dollars from Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino to keep their tryst at a restaurant quiet. Karen Cunagin ...