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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Courts - "Karen Sypher conviction no 'slam dunk' in Rick Pitino extortion case"
That is the headline to a lengthy story last evening by Andrew Wolfson of the Louisville Courier Journal that begins:
On the eve of her trial in a sordid sex scandal, Karen Sypher faces an uphill fight in avoiding a conviction on charges of trying to extort cash, cars and gifts from University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino, criminal-defense specialists say.But the attorneys, who include several former prosecutors, say Sypher could avoid guilty verdicts on at least some of the six counts against her if she can show she was victimized by Pitino and relied on her lawyer's advice in seeking compensation for it.
“Federal prosecutors may think they have a slam dunk, but slam dunks have been known to rim out,” Louisville lawyer Aubrey Williams said.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on July 27, 2010 08:19 AM
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