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Pitino Admits to Sex with Extortionist

In an admission that I'm sure came as no surprise to anyone, Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitio had admitted to police investigators that he had consensual sex with Linda Sypher, the woman now indicted for extorting money from him. In addition, Pitino told police that he paid her $3,000 to have an abortion. His account, as related by the Courier-Journal, which obtained the Louisville Metro police records under an Open Records Act request, is consistent with the facts that had previously been made public, sketchy has they might have been.

Too much about Sypher's claims of rape and sexual assault rang false from the beginning and as the details of Pitino's account are unveiled, Sypher's story is even more inconsistent and unbelievable. You can see for yourself at the C-J's story here. What is perhaps most surprising is the casual nature of the original sexual encounter and the choice of partner Pitino made. Make your own judgement about that from the pictures accompanying this post.

Full post as published by Sports Biz on August 11, 2009 (boomark / email).