Rick Pitino Paid Woman 3K to Have an Abortion

Get ready for the sporting world's next blockbuster scandal because here it is: The Louisville Courier-Journal has reported that Louisville head basketball coach Rick Pitino paid a woman $3,000 to get abortion in 2003. ...The woman, Karen Cunagin Sypher, according to a Louisville police report had sex with Pitino in a Louisville restaurant after hours and again on at least one seperate occasion. A few weeks after the initial sexual encounter Cunagin Sypher contacted Pitino (who is married with five children) claiming she was pregnant and had no health insurance. Pitino met Cunagin Sypher at the condo of strength coach Tim Sypher (whom Karen Cunagin Sypher later married, though the marriage is now in divorce proceedings...crazy I know) and agreed to pay for the abortion. Cunagin Sypher is facing extortion charges against Pitino for attempting to blackmail the Louisville coach into paying her $10 million. Pitino's lawyer indicated the coach will not address the issue in the media until the court case. For now it appears that Pitino is not being charged with any crime and the University of Louisville expects him to be the Cardinals head coach come college basketball season.

The world is screwed up right? I feel like a police blotter writer nowadays. It's seems that there's little else these days than scandal in sports. As we speak the David Ortiz/Manny Ramirez steroid ordeal, Michael Vick's return to the NFL, Dante Stallworth's manslaughter case, and Patrick Kane's cab driver mash up have been dominating headlines. Now this monster drops on our doorsteps?! You know Pitino's refusal to talk about the incident outside of the court room is not going to make the story go away any time soon. Things only seem to get weirder. I'm half expecting Bret Farve to come out of retirement tomorrow.

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