{Cincinnati, Ohio}...In 2010, a jury convicted 52 year old Karen Cunagin Sypher of extortion, lying to the FBI and retaliation against a witness. Prosecutors argued she sought millions in cash, cars and a house from University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino to stay quiet about a tryst in a Louisville restaurant. Thursday, a three-judge panel from the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati heard arguments from Sypher's lawyer that her trial counsel failed to adequately represent her. The panel repeatedly told attorney David Nolan that his assertions weren't backed by evidence in the trial record. Judge Martha Craig Daughtrey said the argument "appeared to be a waste of everybody's time."Thursday, May 31, 2012
Sypher Appeal Rejected
{Cincinnati, Ohio}...In 2010, a jury convicted 52 year old Karen Cunagin Sypher of extortion, lying to the FBI and retaliation against a witness. Prosecutors argued she sought millions in cash, cars and a house from University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino to stay quiet about a tryst in a Louisville restaurant. Thursday, a three-judge panel from the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati heard arguments from Sypher's lawyer that her trial counsel failed to adequately represent her. The panel repeatedly told attorney David Nolan that his assertions weren't backed by evidence in the trial record. Judge Martha Craig Daughtrey said the argument "appeared to be a waste of everybody's time."