Sypher sentenced to 87 months in federal prison
For her attempts to extort Louisville coach Rick Pitino, Derby City temptress Karen Cunagin (and again) Sypher was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison, to be followed by two years of of supervised release. It, of course, comes as an addition to the merciless streams of jokes and one-liners she was sentenced to during her trial last summer. The ruling was delayed after Sypher’s attorney introduced 107 objections and called witnesses this afternoon in an effort to prove that she was not guilty of the extortion charges. It doesn’t appear that the strategy worked too well.
Thus ends the most hilarious chapter of Louisville basketball…
48 Comments for Sypher sentenced to 87 months in federal prison
1st?
Wonder what she gave her attorney to introduce the 100 objections?
Unbelieveable!!! When you look at some of the so called high profile crimes and the sentences or lack of that are given, this seems to be extremely harsh to me. From everything I read, Rick Pitino basically forced this woman to have an abortion and then stood in front of the world and blamed her entirely for the so called 15 second fling. I don’t think she deserved this type of sentence and should have been given 90-180 days in jail. There was a conspiracy between her ex husband and Pitino and they should have been prosecuted.
Being somewhat of a celebrity has its perks.
3- I agree.
rick gets nothing out of this, except for a sticky leg? 87 months? damn, guess I won’t try to extort anybody anytime soon. I think I’ll just commit homicide and do 1 year with good behavior.
I think the sentence was absurd! I agree completely with #3!!
#3… Agreed… but she shoulda took the deal. When she refused the deal and then found guilty, Judge really had no other choice per the sentencing guidelines. She shoulda took the deal.
SnNH… the world as we know it is coming to an end!!I agree with you…
8+7 = 15….coincidence?
Thats Something. She Got 7 Yrs. , And Slick Rick Got To Keep His Job Without Any Sanctions Or Investigations By The Local Media , Yeah Im Talking To You Courier Journal. If That Had Happened At Uk, Tipton And Clay Would Have Been All Over It.
4- I completely disagree with you.
90-180 days!?! You sir or ma’am are ridiculous. First, it is not like abortion was uncommon to this woman. She had one with the man she was married to. Moral/ ethical/political thoughts aside, she basically had a room waiting for her in cincy. You are saying that she should be jailed for the same amount of days as multiple DUI offenders. Did I say ridiculous? She extorted, lied to the fedarallies, and EXTORTED. Is Pitino a massive tool and at the very least a bad catholic? Yes. But does his toolishness lessen the degree that she commited mulitple felonies? No.
WAYYYYYYYYYYYY to harsh. And Slick Rick walks….
5. Abortion = Homicide to some people.
9. That’s hilarious. LOL
3) Are you serious? She tried to extort someone for several million dollars. Its a crime, a serious one, lied under oath and implicated multiple people in her scheme. She got exactly what she deserved. That’s not to say Pitino is guiltless in all this but he didn’t commit any crimes. He’s just a bad person but unfortunately there are no penalties for this outside of those imposed by society.
For the record far to many go on to serve reduced or no sentences for crimes that carry heavy penalties. Its symptomatic of the life without consequences society we have become.
8- i can’t believe it. we agree on something.
14- true. good point.
Not to be a dick, but I bet she OD’s or something before she goes to jail.
9- Hilarious!
3- That thinking belongs in Vermont or California where they don’t believe in laws or the constitution either.
that’s 5.8 months for each second Ricky 3 Stacks lasted before dribbling down his leg.
Don’t worry slick rick has already served 10 years!
I was expecting just like 2-3 years. I mean involuntary manslaughter only carries a max of 5 years I think.
15 – Pitino didn’t commit any crimes that we KNOW about. Abortion, shmashmortion, that is legal. But, I would not be the least surprised if someone had an extra check book for that court room and the judge, and the jury, and the prosecution, and the feds.
And I’m probably digging to deep into conspiracy theories, but at least we can still make 15sec and down my leg jokes.
Guilty of messing with Louisville mob.
Prison guards are lining up to get to see what she will do for a pack of smokes or some twinkies.
Male Prison guards better be careful. She is a blow and tell kind of gal. Could have had no jail time and now 7 yrs. lmao
Crazy Bitch off streets = safer world for men!
Pretty insane sentence. Moral of the story, don’t [email protected]*! with the Feds. She probably could have shot and killed Pitino, claimed it was in the heat of passion, blah blah blah, and have gotten some not much worse.
Whose the chick on the right?
I’m pretty sure all the guards at the women’s prison probably just high fived. Free BeeJays for all!
7 yrs, 3 mos … Prison gets Sypher for 25,747,200 times as long as Pitino had her.
Harsh?….yes. Does she deserve it?……Absolutely!
I’ll bet there are not too many people out there still mad at Rick for leaving us.
Ricky Three Stacks, Tommy Turtle Neck & James “Credit Card” Ramsey have to be the biggest embarrassments ever to the state of Ky. No other school besides besides Louisville would tolerate such behavior by their Head Coach, A.D. & President. It’s a damn shame that taxpayer money is spent on the Trash that is U of L.
It is terrible that her children are going to be without their Mother for 7 years. I still think there is more to this story than we will ever know.
Pitino broke no laws, she lied to the Feds, and committed extortion. She was sentenced according to the guidelines for those offenses. She most likely will go the Federal prison in Lexington. She will be eligible for parole soon if she is a good girl. Probably won’t serve anywhere near the time sentenced. She will continue to cause Pitino trouble in the form of bad publicity. She will grant prison interviews to anyone who wants them as she writes her book.
Waiter! There are tadpoles in my alfredo sauce.
I don’t feel the least bit sorry for 15ino, and this piece of trash got exactly what she deserved. The only people I feel sorry for is her kids. It must suck to have such a ho bag for a mom.
the lead-in on the 6pm SportsCenter…”Sypher was sentenced today for trying to extort Pitino after having a BRIEF sexual encounter…” hilarious!
I assume she can appeal the decision? The sentence seems way too extreme. Murderers and child molesters get less of a sentence than this.
That 15,000,000 seconds of jail time for every one second of “quality” time with Ricky 3 Stacks.
The sentence seems quite excessive to me! Much more vicious criminals get far less prison time than this………guess that’s what happens when a woman takes on the likes of Pitino……..any woman considering a fling with the Rickster should look at this!
Her health care will AGAIN be paid for with taxpayer money.
That penalty seems stiff.
Hey is that rachel woolley
#35 There is no parole in the Federal prison system. She will serve everyday of the time. She cannot go to Lexington most likely WV at a all female prison.
46, you do not know what you are talking about. In the federal prison system, an inmate earns “good time” for each year they serve which reduces the total number of days they have to serve. Basically they get 54 days off for each year with good behavior. There are other ways to earn bonus good time, and the average inmate serves about 87% of his or her imposed sentence. There are several facilities facilities at different levels which house women, including Lexington. She could wind up in WV, but that is far from certain and depending upon classifications that have yet to be determined she could wind up in Lexington.
Well SEXtino walked away with no damage to his scummy bio…Lil Brother is alive and well
If her sentence was 84 seconds, that would still be 5 times as long as the sex…Pitino is a freaking desgrace…