Is Rick Pitino Paying For An Abortion News?, WTH Options

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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/bask...n.ap/index.html

I kind of miss the days when we didn't know everything about people's lives. I have always liked Coach Pitino
because he appeared to be a good Catholic and dressed nice.

But since the story is out there, what's sad is that the chick probably wasn't even pregnant and was just getting some money out of him. I didn't realize the cost of abortions had gone up so much. I'm also tripping on how heterosexuals are still not using condoms. Like ever.

[Good Hands]

I'm also tripping on how heterosexuals are still not using condoms. Like ever.

Abstinence-only strikes again. If only he had been taught right in school, he would have used one, and...hey...ho....no unwanted pregnancy. Even if he still didn't understand what can happen when a man and woman have intercourse. These kids today are amazingly naiive.

[Boltergeist]

Now the spin is that he was paying for her health insurance (presumably so she could get an abortion).

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What a bizarro story.

The woman accused of trying to extort Louisville men's basketball coach Rick Pitino approached him in a restaurant six years ago, and the two had sex at a table after closing time, the coach told police.

Two weeks later, the married father of five gave Karen Cunagin Sypher $3,000 after she said she needed an abortion and didn't have health insurance, according to a summary of Pitino's July 12 statement to police. The coach's attorney, Steve Pence, said Wednesday that the money was to help her get medical coverage, not specifically to pay for an abortion.
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Pitino told police he had been drinking at upscale restaurant Porcini and had consensual sex with Cunagin Sypher in August 2003 at a table near the bar.
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Later that night, the restaurant cleared out, and the owner left the coach his keys. That's when they had sex.
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The two apparently weren't alone, though: The police documents, first reported by The Courier-Journal of Louisville, say a Pitino assistant was there during the encounter and heard what sounded like consensual sex.
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Pitino told police that about two weeks after he met Cunagin Sypher, she called to say she was pregnant and that he had to be the father. Pitino told her when they met again that he didn't know what he wanted to do, according to the report by Sgt. Andy Abbott, commander of the sex-offense unit.

According to the reports, Pitino suggested the two meet at the condo of the team's equipment manager, Tim Sypher. She alleges the second assault took place at the condo. Karen Cunagin, as she was then known, later married Tim Sypher, whom she first met that day.

Pitino said Cunagin Sypher told him she was going to have an abortion but didn't have health insurance, so he gave her $3,000, according to the report. She told police the procedure was done in Cincinnati.
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(Pitino's) contract, which runs through 2013, lists as possible causes for termination: "Employee's dishonesty with Employer or University; or acts of moral depravity," as well as "disparaging media publicity of a material nature that damages the good name and reputation of Employer or University."

Pitino is a dedicated Roman Catholic who has brought a priest who's a close friend and spiritual adviser on team trips.
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Tim Sypher was Pitino's personal assistant with the Boston Celtics from 1997 to 2001, then followed the coach to Louisville in 2001. He and Karen Cunagin Sypher are currently going through a divorce.

A message for Tim Sypher was left Wednesday at the office of his divorce attorney.

The criminal complaint said Tim Sypher brought Pitino a written list of demands from his wife, including college tuition for her children, two cars, money to pay off her house and $3,000 per month. The demands later escalated, the complaint said. Tim Sypher has not been charged.

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I am going to speak as a Cardinals fan, and a Pitino fan also.

What he is doing in this debacle is one screw up after another. He should have admitted everything and come clean with the details months ago when this story broke in Louisville. But instead he denied knowing her. To the public and to the press he never admitted to any sexual encounter.

Now at this juncture, you might say "that's none of our business and he didn't have to say anything"
That is true if you are a private individual. But when you are the multi-million dollar head coach of louisville Basketball, you live your life in the public eye. The same reason that a car dealership wants you to be in their TV commercial is the same reason why your sexual tryst matters to your career. And your private dealings affect your reputation which reflects directly on the reputation of the program and the university paying you 2 million dollars a year

anyway... he denied knowing her.... then he just recently had a press conference blaming the media for causing his wife and family grief. EXCUSE ME?????? I think the single greatest source of grief to Joanne Pitino is that her husband had an affair (while his assistant coach was there to witness the whole thing) and then paid her to have an abortion.
I gotta tell you, the abortion was probably not Karen Cunagin's idea. She may be many things but she is not stupid. She is a money grubbing slut who had sex with the most high profile guy in town and blackmailed him. If she had stayed pregnant, she could have sued for child suppiort and she would have been set. He probably offered her all these things she was seeking.... with the condition that she abort the child.
I remember that around the time all this was happening under the radar.... was when Pitino took a mysterious leave of absence in the middle of the basketball season many years back. The rumors swirling around Louisville then was that he left to get treatment for a sexually transmitted disease. That was the only thing being debated. Every one in Louisville KNEW that he was sleeping around.


All this .. and he denies being the reason why his family is hurting?

PLEASE!!!!