Watch out for the Arizona hoops mafia

[Arles]

First Tim Floyd, now Rick Pitino. The two people who passed on the Arizona job have had an interesting few months since they declined the position:

Report on extortion case: Rick Pitino admits to sex - ESPN

Report: Pitino says he paid for abortion
ESPN.com news services

Louisville coach Rick Pitino told police that he had consensual sex with and paid for an abortion for the woman who has been charged with trying to extort him, the Louisville Courier-Journal reported on Tuesday.

Karen Cunagin Sypher was federally charged in April with demanding cars, tuition for her children and finally $10 million. Police interviewed Pitino regarding the incident last month, and according to the newspaper, he said that he gave the woman $3,000 to have an abortion.

Police records obtained by the Courier-Journal show that Pitino said he had sex with the then Karen Cunagin at a Louisville restaurant where he had been drinking on Aug. 1, 2003. He denied Cunagin Sypher's allegations that he raped her at the restaurant and then again later at a different location.

Pitino told police that Cunagin Sypher called him about two weeks after the initial encounter and said that she was pregnant. They arranged to meet at the condominium of Louisville strength coach Tim Sypher, whom she did not know at that time but would later marry.

According to the police report, Pitino said Cunagin Sypher had decided to get an abortion but claimed to not have health insurance. Pitino then gave her the $3,000. He told police that the two did not have sex at the condo or at any other location.

According to the report, Cunagin Sypher married Tim Sypher about six months later and, though she saw Pitino at team events, he claims there was never "any strange behavior." Cunagin Sypher and Tim Sypher are now estranged.

Cunagin Sypher reported the alleged rapes on July 9, about two months after she was indicted for extortion and lying to the FBI.

Sgt. Andy Abbott, the commander of the police department's sex offense unit, asked Cunagin Sypher during one interview why she waited until after she was indicted on the extortion charge to report her allegations.

She gave varying answers, according to transcripts, saying she wanted to forget about it, then that Pitino threatened her and finally that "they kept throwing crumbs to keep me happy." She didn't say what they were, the newspaper reported.

Abbott asked Cunagin Sypher in the interview why she was coming forward now, only after she was charged.

"Because ... where we are, it seems like retaliation," Abbott said.

"I know it does," Cunagin Sypher responded.

In addition, Cunagin Sypher did not disclose that there was a witness to the event at the restaurant, Vinnie Tatum, an executive assistant to Pitino. According to Abbott's report, Tatum said he didn't see what happened but heard "only the sounds of two people that seemed to be enjoying themselves during a sexual encounter."

Louisville commonwealth's attorney David Stengel declined to prosecute the case in July.

The newspaper obtained the records under the Kentucky Open Records Act.

[Swaggs]

That is a pretty strange story.

[Galaxy]

[INDalltheway]

I'm sure the 5 minutes were worth all this.. She is absolutely hideous as well.

[Julio Riddols]

Aw hell, Sex and the City and shit. Kim Cattralls illegitimate sister?

EDIT: A perfect idea of what it would look like if Peg Bundy mated with Kim Cattrall.

[Logan]

Pitino told police that Cunagin Sypher called him about two weeks after the initial encounter and said that she was pregnant. They arranged to meet at the condominium of Louisville strength coach Tim Sypher, whom she did not know at that time but would later marry.

This was a good twist.

According to Abbott's report, Tatum said he didn't see what happened but heard "only the sounds of two people that seemed to be enjoying themselves during a sexual encounter."

Good job Rick!

[Draft Dodger]

oh man, I wish you guys had waited to post the pics. I wanted Izulde to describe her using his magical lady powers

[Bad-example]

Originally Posted by Galaxy

Lots more going on than just Lady Citrus threatening someone on the phone. Morgan Freeman is playing the ponies in the background. A sleepy waiter seems to be stumbling. And someone left a fat, hypnotized zombie in blocking the doorway. Partially seen: man holds cordless mixer against his crotch.

[Logan]

The zombie looks like Glenn Beck.

And who gave that kid Charlie Weis' suit jacket?

[Kodos]

What is with that hat?

[Draft Dodger]

Originally Posted by Kodos

What is with that hat?

Kentucky derby

[Samdari]

She was asking for 10 mil not to tell his wife? Should have paid.

And thus:

"They arranged to meet at the condominium of Louisville strength coach Tim Sypher, whom she did not know at that time but would later marry."

Leaves out the most interesting 6 months of the story.