Prison for woman convicted in Pitino extortion
February 18, 2011 - 2:36 pm
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The woman convicted of threatening to reveal a sexual tryst with basketball coach Rick Pitino unless he paid her millions in cash, cars and a house was sentenced Friday to more than seven years in prison. Karen Cunagin Sypher cried intermittently during the final hour of a hearing Friday before being sentenced to 87 months in prison.