Karen Cunagin Sypher - Rick Pitino Paid for Abortion

An American basketball coach Rick Pitino admit to having a sexual encounter with Karen Cunagin Sypher on August 11th, 2009. He told to 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.

On April 24, 2009, Karen Sypher, the wife of Louisville equipment manager Tim Sypher, was arraigned and charged in US District Court with extortion and lying to federal agents. She was pregnant, and apparently without health insurance, Pitino paid Sypher $3000 for an abortion. Karen Cunagin Sypher Photos Here.

Rick Pitino issued the following statement to the news paper this week:

“Rick will continue to work though this matter privately with his family.”

"I am devastated by the bizarre allegations that my estranged wife is making.”