Rick Pitino Admits Affair, Not Rape of Karen Sypher: Police Records

Rick Pitino admitted that he paid Karen Sypher (photo attached to this post) $3,000 for her to have an abortion. He denied her allegations of rape, however.

This incident really took form in April of this year, when Rick Pitino indicated someone had tried to extort him. Later that month, Karen Sypher (photo attached to this post) was arrested for attempted extortion.

However, since then Karen Sypher has alleged that Rick Pitino raped her at the restaurant, Porcini, after the restaurant closed, and again at a different location.

Police records show that the commander of the sex offense unit, who investigated Karen Sypher's claims as well as interviewing her twice in July, found issues in her accounts of both incidents. District Attorney David Stengel announced in July that he wouldn't prosecute the case against Pitino because Sypher's claims lacked credibility and any supporting evidence.

Karen Sypher has also been unable to explain why she married Tim Sypher, as he's still working for Pitino, and why he continued to work for the coach if he knew of the rape.

Tim and Karen Sypher filed for divorce in March. In a statement in April he said, "I am devastated by the bizarre allegations that my estranged wife is making against both Coach Pitino and myself."

Rick Pitino is married; his wife is the former Joanne Minardi; they married in 1976. They have five living children: Michael, Christopher, Richard (an assistant coach for the University of Florida Gators), Ryan and Jacqueline. Another son, Daniel, died in 1987 from congenital heart failure at the age of six months.