Karen Sypher, "QUICK" Rick Pitino's Extortionist "15 Second" Fling, Ordered To Start Prison Next Week. Maybe, Now, She Can Close Her Mouth Shut!

Woman convicted in Pitino case has prison date set

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- The woman convicted of attempting to extort money from University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino has been ordered to report to prison in Florida next week.

James Faller of U.S. Justice Watch, which is part of Karen Cunagin Sypher's legal team, said in an email Tuesday that Sypher is to report April 6 to the federal prison at Marianna, Fla.

Sypher made another request Monday for a new trial. A judge has rejected two other attempts to win a new trial since her August conviction.

Sypher was sentenced in February to more than seven years in prison for extortion, lying to the FBI and retaliation against a witness. Prosecutors said she sought millions in cash, cars and a house from Pitino in 2009 to stay quiet about a tryst in a restaurant.

Editor's comment: And I mean the above caption BOTH literally and figuratively!