LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -Karen Cunagin Sypher’s former attorney told jurors at her extortion trial he had sexual relations with the former model before writing a letter to Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino demanding $10 million.
Attorney Dana Kolter testified Friday that he and Sypher had sexual relations three times during the three-week stretch he represented her in March 2009.
Kolter eventually wrote Pitino a letter, signed by Sypher, accusing the coach of rape and forcing Sypher to have an abortion. In the letter, Kolter threatened to sue Pitino and make the allegations public unless he agreed to a settlement.
Sypher is charged with trying to extort millions from Pitino with a promise to stay quiet about their one-night fling in a Louisville restaurant in July 2003. She has pleaded not guilty.
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