Arguments Set In Pitino Extortion Case

{Louisville, Kentucky}...The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati has set oral arguments for May 31st in the case of Karen Sypher. In 2010, a jury convicted Sypher of extortion, lying to the FBI and retaliation against a witness. Prosecutors said she sought millions in cash, cars and a house from University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino. Sypher, who is serving a seven-year sentence at a federal prison in Marianna, Florida, claims a broad conspiracy involving Pitino, the federal trial judge and Sypher's former attorney.