PHOTOS! Here are pictures of Karen Cunagin Sypher. In the Rick Pitino extortion case, Karen Cunagin Sypher was charged Friday.

LALATE broke the Karen Cunagin Sypher details earlier this month.

UPDATE #2 8/11/09

Rick Pitino claims Karen Cunagin Sypher and him had consensual sex and he paid for her abortion.

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UPDATE #1 8/11/09
Karen Cunagin Sypher Pictures
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Original Story Below

On Friday, the estranged wife of an equipment manager was reportedly formally charged in a $10 million extortion case of Louisville men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino.

The complaint reportedly claims Sypher asked for  cars and tuition for her children and thereafter $10 million. Says reports

“What sort of information Sypher may have been trying to use to extort the coach was not included in the complaint.”

Attorney Thomas Clay represents Karen and previously told The Courier-Journal the following:

“There is a federal investigation going on, and there may be criminal charges placed against her as a result of what coach Pitino has brought to the attention of the FBI,” Clay told the paper.. . . There are no counter allegations, and as far as I am concerned this criminal investigation is going to proceed to a logical conclusion and I hope that we can put this matter behind us as quickly as possible.”

Tim Sypher’s statement read simply:

“[I am] devastated by the bizarre allegations that my estranged wife is making….”

Pitino had previously issued the following statement:

My family and I were recently threatened as part of a criminal scheme to extort money. Upon receiving these threats, we reported this extortion attempt to the FBI. While I did not want to make this matter public, I recently learned that the individual behind this extortion attempt has already gone to the media with false, defamatory and outrageous allegations in an attempt to pressure me to cave in to this scheme.

I want to make it clear that I intend to vigorously defend my reputation and the character of my family against any criminal scheme to extort money. I am hopeful that the media and public will recognize the slanderous nature of this direct and malicious attack.

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