New Delhi, Aug 13, 2009: Karen Sypher pics are being frantically searched on the internet. For the last two days she is again attracting a number of people.
Karen Sypher is in the news for accusing college basketball coach Rick Pitino of assault, rape, and for offering her money to have an abortion.
Pitino claims the sex with Sypher was consensual and has countered that Karen is guilty of extortion.
Sypher asked for money in return for silence, Pitino obviously wasn’t having any of it since the matter is now all over the news. Pitino’s wife has remained silent on the issue, and his employer, the University of Louisville, is standing behind him.
Pitino holds the distinction of being the only men's coach in NCAA history to lead three different schools (Providence, Kentucky, and Louisville) to the Final Four. In addition, Pitino has achieved a measure of success as an author and a motivational speaker.
Pitino, an Italian American is considered by many to be one of the first coaches to promote fully taking advantage of the 3-point shot, first adopted by the NCAA in 1987. By exploiting the 3-point shot, his teams at Kentucky in the early 1990s were known as Pitino's Bombinos, as a significant portion of the offensive points came from the 3-point shot. Even now, Pitino's teams are known for the 3-point threat and all of his teams rank towards the top in 3-point attempts per season.
Many of Pitino's players and assistant coaches have gone on to become successful collegiate coaches. In total, 21 former Pitino players and coaches have become Division I head coaches, including Florida's Billy Donovan, Minnesota's Tubby Smith, Arizona State's Herb Sendek, and Cincinnati's Mick Cronin.
Pitino started his coaching career as a graduate assistant at the University of Hawaii in 1974, and became a full-time assistant in 1975. He was then the first assistant hired by Jim Boeheim in 1976 as Boeheim began his tenure at Syracuse University.
Pitino went back to the NBA in 1997, but returned to college—and his adopted home state—on March 21, 2001 to coach the University of Louisville following the retirement of Hall of Fame coach Denny Crum. In the 2005 season, Pitino led Louisville to their first Final Four in 19 years, and became the only men's coach in NCAA history to lead three different schools to the Final Four. Immediately following their Final Four run, several players graduated or entered the 2005 NBA Draft, leaving the 2005–06 team very inexperienced. The inexperience caused the Cardinals to limp into the Big East Tournament seeded 12th, and miss the NCAA tournament. They did rebound and made it to the semifinals of the National Invitation Tournament (NIT), where they were defeated by eventual champions University of South Carolina.
In the meantime there is news that Pinto told police about having sex with Karen Cunagin Syphera on Aug. 1, 2003, while he was drunk at a Louisville restaurant and later on he also paid $3,000 to Syphera as an abortion expense. Reportedly after required investigation and interviews with Sypher police found problem about her credibility. According to police she failed to disclose about the other persons who was always present in the restaurant, secondly Pitino was in California when Sypher claimed he sexually assaulted her a second time.
