Pitino, Sypher extortion case sets trial date for June

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A June trial date has been tentatively set for a woman charged in an alleged extortion attempt of University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino.
On Monday, U.S. District Judge Charles Simpson set the trial for June 1 at the federal courthouse in Louisville.

Karen Cunagin Sypher has pleaded not guilty to trying to extort money from Pitino, retaliating against a witness and lying to the FBI. She is accused of demanding college tuition for her children, her house to be paid off and $10 million.

Pitino has acknowledged a brief fling with Sypher at a Louisville restaurant in 2003. Sypher has said the sexual encounter was not consensual.