LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -A federal grand jury in Louisville has brought a new charge against the woman accused of trying to extort milllions from Louisville men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino.
The grand jury on Wednesday charged Karen Cunagin Sypher with retaliation against a witness for filing a criminal complaint after she was indicted in May that claimed Pitino had raped her. The FBI and prosecutors have said there was no basis for that allegation.
In the earlier case, Pitino reported the alleged extortion attempt to the FBI.
Sypher has pleaded not guilty to charges of extortion and lying to the FBI.
The coach subsequently told police that he had a consensual sexual encounter with Sypher in 2003. A message seeking comment was left with her attorney Wednesday.
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