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And Now the Juicy Parts of Sypher/Pitino

August 12th, 2009 · 24 Comments

So here’s the juicy juicy. We’ve got the Karen Sypher interview with police, so you can judge for yourself what parts to believe and what parts you think Ms. Sypher is making up.

According to her, she got pregnant after being raped at a table in Porcini’s after closing time, then had a staff member, Tim Sypher, take care of getting the abortion and eventually marrying her. Worthy of Hollywood, this story, complete with thongs, death threats (concrete shoes), a $3,000 payoff and how it all came to public attention six years later.

No matter how you read this, it’s hard to make a case for Pitino remaining as the school’s coach.

Peep the rest of the story, read the juicy details and download the hundreds of pages of documents after the jump…

We’ve also got Pitino’s police interview, in which he admits to the sex but not to the rape. The two stories collide on many levels, including the amount of drinking that occurred. Mainly, though, the two versions differ on what happened at Tim Sypher’s condo a few weeks after Aug. 1. High drama.

Without further ado, dig in.

Highlights from the Rick Pitino-Karen Sypher White Trash/Trailer Trash po-leece transcript.

The parts about the Porcini incident:

Sypher: And, I don’t know if something was in my drink, the more that I talked to my psychologist? The more things come up from the back of my mind, to the front. Is getting uhm, it was in the late evening. So, of course the sun was going down. And, I remember it getting a little darker. Uhm, several people kept everyone away from Mr. Petino at that time. And, uhm he asked me if I would like to have an appetizer. And, I said no thank you, I was fine. And, uhm actually we got uhm, I did ask him. So, there’s a phone record somewhere uhm, if uhm I could call my son. Uh, Zachary that was very interested in basketball. And, and Jacob too, and wish him happy birthday. So, that’s why I recall back, and he said absolutely. So, he got on the phone and talked about to my children.

-SNIP-

Sypher: Then I remember he asked me to get up and sit down at a booth that was right next to. Right behind the bar, and it was a booth of leather. And, there was a chair and there’s a table, and there was a chair on this side. Uhm, he walked me over and sat me down uhm, on the leather side. And, he got up and I sat there, and I was waiting for him to come back. Or, for the actually for the appetizers. And, uhm, everyone quickly started leaving. Tim Cory came over to me to him. Well, Rick was walking around talking to a few people. It was none of my business and uhm. I did notice that Tim Cory gave him a big chain of keys. And, uhm I heard him say uhm, make sure that you lock up. I heard those words verbatim.

-SNIP-

Sypher: … He came back with a uhm, he came back with a towel. And, several bottles of wine, of course you know we’re, we’re back there. He’s a heavy drinker and obviously he can handle his liquor. Uh, uhm, throughout those years I had found that out. But, during this time I did not know and he, I said I need to go everyone’s leaving. They’re closing up, and he said no you just sit right there. And, we we have our appetizers coming. And, I said no uhm, it must be closing time, I I would like to go. I would like to leave and he put his hand on my shoulder and said, no. You sit right there, there’s something I wanna talk to you about. So, being in the modeling industry uhm, tray (inaudible)…, work, dealing with people? I was rather good at taking care of myself. Did not have the fear of never thought or considered that I was in danger.

Until the keys were given to him and then my mind started thinking. And, when he walked Tim Cory to the door and locked the door. And, he came back with the keys, and sat the keys on the bar. I was still sitting on a leather chair. He pulled the table out and I said what are you doing? I need to leave, can you please let me out. No, we need to talk I said no. He pulled his chair out, the table came out. And, it was uhm a long, just long lounge of uh, leather. You know at the end of that wall, and that’s where I was sitting at at the end. He pulled the, the uh table out, undid his pants. I, I r…, had a skirt on and I said, no. What are you doing, what are you doing, what are you doing, what are you doing?

No one was you know, I have never been through this before. And, uhm, he said, oh he said just shut up and just be quiet. And, I said no, I want out. I was pushing, I was screaming. And, I was screaming, and I was screaming, I was screaming. And, I was screaming and I was learning so much. I’ve learned so much since, things have been put in the back of my mind. And, I’ll tell you that after, because I was so threatened after this.

And, he uhm he pulled my, my uhm, underwear. My thongs which I always wear uhm, and pulled them down. Uhm, has my knees and somehow just pulled my skirt up. And, and inserted himself in, in me and I was pushing him off and screaming. No one was around and I was like. Going like stop this, stop this, stop this, stop this. Sorry, I I feel like I’m in therapy again, Uhm, it was very quick, by the time I realized, he had cum. He had inserted himself inside of me. And, he stood up, his pants weren’t even all the way off. They were down past his knees, he said I’ll be right back. And, I sat up no one was around, I was afraid to scream. I was afraid of this powerful man. I don’t know why, but I knew he was powerful. And, I felt like, I was totally numb. And, he said I’ll be right back, and he came right back. And, he gave me a towel and I wiped myself off. And, he said now, I said I wanna go home.

-SNIP-

And, he said you have to take me home, and I said I can’t take. I started shaking, my car was white, it felt like it. I was freezing, it felt like it was in the middle of the winter. I was shaking, I was shaking like I was in shock, I guess. And, I found out that that’s what I was in. … And, he said you have to take me home. I said I am not taking you home. I said don’t you have anybody to drive you, he said nobody’s here. And, he locked the keys to the car, to the uhm, Porchini’s? And, you know and the car he seen was mine, which was right out front.

-SNIP-

I wanted that bastard away from me.

-SNIP-

Why, how did he get in the car, I was in the driver’s seat, and there he was. But, I had clicked it twice. So, the first door opened and then the other door. So, obviously he was in the car and I, I wasn’t trying to, to kick him out. To, so I drove him home, he said I’m just right down the street. And, I wanted, I wanted that bastard out of my car so bad.

-SNIP-

… He even came so fast, everything happened so fast. He pulled his pants down, I said what are you doing. And, I said no, I’m just scr…, and I remember. Okay, if I scream too loud am I gonna get killed? What’s gonna happen, this is a powerful man.

-SNIP-

Them little thongs aren’t that big, and you can even pull ‘em up over if you need too.

The parts about the abortion:

Sypher: Uhm, we can’t do this to our family, you have to have an abortion. This is what you have to do. And, I said I don’t want to have an abortion.

-SNIP-

Then when he realized I wanted to keep the baby. He threatened that every one of my children would be in concrete.

Why now is because the man that I married, that I thought I fell in love with. That was sent to me to, to abort the baby? Promised and uh, gave me just all. He was the one that got it altogether with coach. And, coach would call him and that’s. And, he would always remind me, remember what shoe size you wear. Meaning to be in concrete mother, your children, everybody. This is the best thing, I want you out of state. And, then my future husband took me. And, I fell in love, I thought and it wasn’t.

… I found out later he was, this is what this, the other is about. But, that he was paid off to do all this. To brainwash me and my family and say he would take care of my, my children.. Put them through school and make my life so much easier.

-SNIP-

So, the whole day, the whole time, the whole few weeks, convincing me. That this is the right way, and I still even to this day. I have, I have the pictures of where I had it at. I went and got evidence of that, of the sonogram. The only thing I don’t have is, I haven’t got a picture of my baby. But, of course, they’ll say whose baby is it? And, Tim kept saying forget about it, just forget about it. … But, prior to that he met me, I met Tim I followed him to Tim’s condo. He wanted to talk about getting it set up for the abortion. He raped me again, laying down just this, I was like.

-SNIP-

Sypher: Uhm, Tim had set it up, I believe he had, he told Tim to take over pretty much. But, he kept in contact with Tim. Rick kept calling me and calling me, also. And, I didn’t want him to call me anymore. I do have a tape about that, that I will give you.

So, then he said I’m gonna have somebody contact you, and talk to you about uhm. How to abort this baby and in the tapes you’ll hear some of the conversations. That when he called uhm, saying you know. That this isn’t right and we, we need to get rid of this baby.

-SNIP-

Sypher: Uhm, Rick said I’m going to let you uhm, Tim will meet you at Dairy Queen parking lot on Brownsboro Road. And, bright it, excuse me, to me, to what request at that time. And, we’ll discuss further.

-SNIP-

… I went to the parking lot on Brownsboro Road, Uhm, right next to uh Dairy, right at Dairy Queen. And, I saw him pull in with sunglasses and his black Sequoia uh, his lexus. Uh, black Sequoia because Rick owns most of Lexus in Lexington. … I kept thinking okay, what’s gonna happen? Are they gonna uh, are they gonna shoot me, are they gonna kill me? What’s gonna happen, things like that kept going through my mind.

Sypher: Later I found out all, everything, he owns half of Central Bank.

-SNIP-

And, he said come on let’s sit down. Tim uhm go upstairs, because there was an upstairs condo. And, you could hear things going on. And, uhm probably had a meeting for about 20 minutes. … And, uhm he said, do you know we don’t have a choice but to get. To end this baby, because he started talking about his wife. It would ruin his career da, da, da, da. And, I said what about my life, I said what about the life of this baby?

He said, Tim will take care of everything. And, I said uhm this is not what I want. And, he said and he looked me straight in the eyes. And, he said, you do not have a choice on this matter. Your boys will be in concrete, and your family, and you. And, that’s when I just scared to death the first time in my life. Then I knew how powerful that he really was.

The second alleged rape:

So, I was getting up, getting my pur…, well. I was getting up with my purse and he grabbed me again. Laid me, lay me down just real quick. He just like, I said what are you doing. I said, and I started hollering for this one. And, I’m thinking okay, for our 2 lives, this one gonna come down and kill me? Well, I thought I was s…, you know all that I was dealing with ‘em all. And, still to this day, everything’s been lie to protect Rick.And, it’s time for the truth to come out, that’s why 6 years.

-SNIP-

So, he did the exact same thing, and I went into the bathroom, wiped myself off. And, walked out the door.

-SNIP-

… He pulled my blue jean shirt up, laid it down. Did the exact same thing, pull it down, didn’t go below my knees. And, was inserting himself in me, and then he came again. And, real quick you know, it was just like stop this, just stop, just stop doing this to me. Stop this and I was like, do I scream too loud, do I get this other man upstairs come down?

More on the abortion:

Sypher: He took me down by the river and he said uhm. Just close your eyes, just realx, I didn’t even know where it was. ANd, you know when I went back to fine evidence? I went right to that place and I had pictures of that that I have taken. I’ve done all my homework, that’s why I don’t have play anymore. I do have evidence, I have everything but the fetus, uh but the fetus.

-SNIP-

Tim Sypher told me what to write down, Tim Sypher took me? Tim Sypher made the appointment, Tim Sypher waited for me to go in? And, I didn’t wanna go and he took my hand at the very end. I was praying he’d say let’s go, let’s just walk out. Remember what size shoe you wear, that’s what Tim Sypher said it to me. And, he repeated that throughout 5 years of marriage to that man. That robot he’s a robot, … I married a robot. How stupid do I look, I know it sounds stupid. I’m sick of listening to myself.

-SNIP-

This is what I have, I took everything with me, because. Because the FBI has the evidence of him telling me about the rape. That I cannot get back form even Tom Clay. So, good luck with that, because.

Sypher’s thoughts & such on the abortion:

Sypher: What I would like to see happen, is for Rick Petino to stand up and, and admit, and be a true man. And, I think what bothered Jacon the most is when he said. What, on the one interview, if I can handle 911, I can handle this. And, when Jaco saw that, that went off in me too. But, when Jacob, my son, saw that, he said that’s my brother or sister. We’re talking about; we’re talking if people knew. That affected everybody; I had a cousin on the 26th Floor. But, that affected everybody o 911. But, he actually, if people knew that he was comparing that to murdering his baby? I think that’s bothered the boys the most. I don’t know what else.

… [T]hat babies in a garbage can. … I know I’m going to hell for what I did… And, I had to live with that the rest of my life.

Info about Sypher’s FBI interview:

This was in Pence’s office, the 2nd meeting that I had with uh, uhm, T. Clay. That was thrown on me, and thrown on him? We went in Pence’s office in Central Bank. And, when I was pulling up to Central Bank. I was thinking oh my God, the Central Bank. This is what. … My loan is through, there goes uh, Richard Petino, Junior.

-SNIP-

Sypher: It’s the one tape, there’s another tape that the FBI has. And, I know, I don’t, no I don’t. I don’t understand, I did not make a copy of that. But, I do know that my first attorney made like about 10. Those were the ones that I took with me, when he called me in his office. And, those are the ones that are very important. But, they’re with the FBI, so how can a regular police get them from the FBI? My attorney could’ve, but he’s best friends with them, with Mr. Bauer. Worked with him eventually, and now he tells me, well we’ll get copies. Now he tells me well, well we probably wouldn’t get ‘em. So, that’s why I’m not longer with Mr. Clay. Between him not helping me, and the I seeing.

-SNIP-

Sypher: The gyp, the gyp bastards that need to be in prison, that are the extortionists. Are Rick Petino. That’s offered me everything that’s written down in another case. That the FBI has. And, my husband that set me up, that was paid to marry me. That went to Boston, they heard it was $450,000. I was offered $650,000, by his friend Rick Avar, and his first attorney. … Don’t you think if it was about money, I would’ve done something then?

You’re sure to want to read the full thing. So, CLICK HERE for Part 1. And CLICK HERE for Part 2. They’re both large PDF files, so consider yourself warned.

Tags: College Sports · Embarrassing · Investigation · Law Enforcement · Spotted · UofL

24 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Davi // Aug 12, 2009 at 2:50 pm

    The Huffington Post story now has a “correction” from his lawyer Steve Pence, to the earlier piece: Pitino gave Sypher $3000 for health insurance and not an abortion.

    (isn’t the claimed pregnancy pre-existing which would kick out her coverage? I guess buying health insurance sounds better than baby killing)

  • 2 TJ // Aug 12, 2009 at 2:53 pm

    Is Steve Pence still seriously considering running for Mayor? Will Right to Life endorse him?

  • 3 jake // Aug 12, 2009 at 2:54 pm

    Davi – If you read the transcripts, Pitino admits to police that he gave her $3K for an abortion.

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  • 5 Moneypenny // Aug 12, 2009 at 4:19 pm

    “… He even came so fast, everything happened so fast…”

    Best line in the whole piece. Not only is he a scumbag, he’s a premature ejaculating scumbag. HI-larious.

  • 6 jake // Aug 12, 2009 at 4:20 pm

    “… and then he came again. And, real quick you know…”

    Second-best line! Ha.

  • 7 Davi // Aug 12, 2009 at 4:24 pm

    Jake, then I guess Pence and Pitino need to get together on the story…the Huff Po piece has changed yet again and now has no mention of the medical insurance; it now says: “His attorney said Wednesday that the money was to help her get medical coverage, not specifically to pay for an abortion”.

  • 8 jake // Aug 12, 2009 at 4:26 pm

    All one needs to do is publish the police transcripts I published.

    And then remember that the truth is somewhere in the middle.

  • 9 Jason Puckett // Aug 12, 2009 at 4:46 pm

    - The red zone has always been for loading and unloading there is never stopping in a white zone.
    - Don’t tell me which zone is for stopping and which zone is for loading.
    - Listen Betty, don’t start up with your white zone shit again!
    - There’s just no stopping in a white zone.
    - Oh really, Vernon, why pretend, we both know perfectly well what it is you’re talking about. You want me to have an abortion.
    - It’s really the only sensible thing to do. If its done properly, therapeutically, there’s no danger involved.

  • 10 Flag // Aug 12, 2009 at 5:10 pm

    Where’s ol’ Jimbo on this one?

  • 11 Novena // Aug 12, 2009 at 5:14 pm

    “On the Vines of Belknap & Sodom”

    Pitino, Felner–what next? Lucifer? UofL is fast becoming known as the Sodom and Gomorrah of higher education. Here are two of the “Princes of Belknap” who were allowed to do what they pleased, unchecked from restraints and unhinged from the real world that the rest of us inhabit. The UofL honchos extolled the “ruined heaps,” the true dregs of humankind, while the innocent are left to suffer. And pure, rotten money is the foundation of UofL’s propping up of the monsters.

  • 12 bestmid // Aug 12, 2009 at 5:43 pm

    *hearts Moneypenny*

  • 13 Novena // Aug 12, 2009 at 7:03 pm

    “Bidness as Usual, Just Another Scandal”

    Flag, ol’ Jimbo is up to his ol’ tricks. He has said something to the effect that the Pitino “chapter is closed “and that UofL” is ready to move on.”
    All is again okie-dokie at Belknap. The sky is not falling; the sun will rise in the morning. After all, we Cards are getting used to this carnival–so much so that it is becoming a carnival of evil wrapped in red and black banality.

  • 14 Lou Sypher // Aug 12, 2009 at 9:56 pm

    And in other news, Steve Kragthorpe just confessed to having sex with Tom Jurich’s wife and paying $3,000 to have Bobby Petrino rubbed out, and still nobody cared about football.

  • 15 Bobbie // Aug 12, 2009 at 10:54 pm

    Jake- You really should have given us ladies your usual Pee Alert before reading this stuff. After reading Moneypenny and your comments I can’t even breathe…..

  • 16 Mac Rules // Aug 12, 2009 at 11:21 pm

    I hate saying it, but its time for Pitino to retire.

  • 17 Carter Burger // Aug 13, 2009 at 7:43 am

    This reads like a “My Name is Earl” episode.

  • 18 Mayor For Life // Aug 13, 2009 at 9:37 am

    Any rumor of this situation being financed with proceeds from Cordish contracts are false. I want to assure the citizens of Metro Louisville that while I may be running for Lt. Governor, I’m still the mayor of this town and that mean’s I’m in charge here.

    Just like me, Rick Pitino has his detractors–those people who can’t stand to look at a long career based on successful strategy and winning plays. People don’t want to look at the big picture. Noooo! They want to focus on the little picture. The snapshot. The moment in focus. They look through their little peephole and see what they THINK is the truth, what they THINK is reality! But because they’re looking through that little peephole and that’s all they can see, they can’t step back and see the great, glorious Big Picture of everything you’ve done, all that you’ve worked for and everything you have brought to this great city!

    Those people are ungrateful! They are the ones who should be on trial! When I become Lt. Governor, I’m going to make it illegal to criticize those who are greater than you. There needs to be a law to stop criticism in the Commonwealth, and I’m just the guy who can make that happen!

    Elect Jerry Abramson Gov…er, Lt. Governor! Let’s stop this silly news cycle and get back to the things that really matter in this town: ME!

  • 19 Mayor Happy Pants // Aug 13, 2009 at 10:13 am

    I’m Mayor Happy Pants, you know me, the Mayor of the 16th largest city in the USA or is it 26th. We can’t exactly tell the truth now can we. The census says we are 26th but I say we are 16th in population. I just know we passed 700,000 in population but I can’t seem to keep the city budget intact. We have been trying to do this by paying little Chief White an extra 80,000 or so a year. By allowing people to double dip in the retirement funds. By having 4 deputy mayors. Oops, one resigned and the other passed away. So now we have one. We have to get rid of Otter Creek. Close down the pools. Not to mention books and computers on the bottom floor of the library so they can get destroyed. Oh well, its just money. Somehow we are always in the red in finances.
    Its ok though because I know you will all step up though many are losing houses and jobs. We will find you a minimum wage job and you can still pay that 800 dollar house payment. Just work harder because I know I do every day. After all, Louisville, I do love you very much. We only have 11000 homeless people what is one more or a thousand more. We only have people working at minimum wages day by day with no benefits or real security despite being responsible.

    Somehow we can go for years without paying overtime to fire fighters and policemen and policewomen but we can give Cordish 950,000 plus Centre City. How about 238 million for the arena. Its going to be Grand, The Cordish Centre. Not to mention it will even have a King Pavillion where I can have statues of me and my buddies about what great things we did.

    It doesn’t matter that I sit on the top of the Louisville Water Board or practically every other board I can get my well manicured nails into. It does not matter that 25,000 good paying jobs have left my city since 1990. It does not matter that I got 5000 box flipping jobs at part time pay and no benefits. Did you know Louisville that you can get a job at this great box flipping organization making 8.50 an hour for about 20 hours a week. Or the fact that we are losing jobs to Indiana with our tax base shrinking.

    Or the fact that a 121 year old company C. Lee Cook is moving to Jeffersonville. Or how Clarcor moves is 250 plus workforce to Jeffersonville. Or how 125 people are moving their jobs to New Albany.

    All it matters is that I sit here in my throne wearing my rainbow colored spandex Jerryman outfit touting my economic development initiatives. Which includes more retail, bars, and low wage jobs. What is even more lovely is my approach of spending 1 billion plus on downtown over the years and yet our outlying suburbs are having worse roads and infrastructure problems.

    I allowed Bud Schardein to continue to run the MSD and basically spending the MSD into debt that is increasingly unpayable. Or the fact that debt is 2 billion dollars but our streets still flood all to hell and thousands of homes and cars are destroyed. I’m more impressed with my tights and costume. I’ve been pretending to be the mayor since 1985 but the city is in decline but you will never dampen my optimism.

    I’ve done a great job and I love you Louisville. I love you more than life itself and I will always have your best interests in mind although I have given millions to Cordish and millions more to Centre City and for all these other grandiose projects that never come to fruition like Museum Plaza. After all, you firefighters dont need the money. Nor the police. Nor all you working folks that make 10 to 20 dollars an hour if you still have a job. The streets don’t need the work because we have the best road network this side of Lubbock and you can bet your bottom on that. We are Possibility City but thousands of college graduates here are having a hell of a time finding jobs. Thousands more are working at substandard wages. Thousands have left for other cities. After all, though, we are still all Kentuckians and being 45th in income among the states is still not bad. Its still better than Mississippi and West Virginia. By the way, I was in West (By God) Virginia telling them how having a Metro Government is so good. After I dissed the black folks and the poor old people. Its all good though because I went to look at flood damage caused by my friend Bud and his staff. We just don’t have the money to replace your stuff but we need federal grants to pick up our stuff and rebuild it. So it can get flooded again and we can request more federal aid. Its ok, after all its just money and you can afford more taxes.

    Just remember to vote for me in November 2010 so I can be your Lieutenant Governor and help to run the state the rest of the way in the black hole it is hovering above. Its ok because I am sure that my mentor Governor Besheared will get things working in the right direction.

    Meanwhile, all you folks who are unemployed and out of benefits need to get down to the local low wage employer and get you job chucking burgers across the counter. Even if you get your 20 hours a week and 7.25 an hour, its a great life isn’t it. Just make sure to take Dr. Troutmans health initiatives seriously and my man Dan Johnson is taking trans fats out of your food. Those cigarettes are not good for you either. You better get back to your healthy ways such as riding your bike and walking to your minimum wage job. Because that is what makes Louisville a real possibility City.

    I love you and remember to vote for me in November 2010.

    Love you,

    Mayor Happy Pants

  • 20 JTT // Aug 13, 2009 at 2:09 pm

    That is the goofiest, most incoherent, interview I have ever heard in my life.

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  • 22 DocLogic // Aug 14, 2009 at 1:52 pm

    Sounds like an overblown non sports situation. He handled it as best as can be done. She handled it well until the recent extortion attempt. Why did she do that? Get on with life…….move on.

    Carry on……keep coaching……. no reason this should have anything to do with his job.

  • 23 Peach // Aug 14, 2009 at 11:56 pm

    In my opinion Rick had alot to do with her marriage to Tim and the marriage was fixed. Tim was Rick’s robot and probably never really LOVED her and was only doing what he was told like a puppet. I think this is horrible as she states she loved him and then it sounds like she realized at some point that Tim was in on some o of the events and then filed for divorce.

    Also, is it just me or did Rick start the extortion by giving her money to do certain things or he would do something to her family? So why is she the only one getting flack for an extortion plot?

    They both sound a little “off” to me.

  • 24 Dr. Elizabeth Perkins // Aug 16, 2009 at 11:22 am

    For a guy that had to be restrained at Arkansas after the pep band played the “Godfather Theme” when he arrived; and the coach that challenged a fan to a “fist duel” because he was asked not to pound on the computer equipment at scores table; and the coach that got so upset at University of South Carolina when he was referred to as a “Yankee”—Wonder how he will handle the “cat calls” at Rupp Arena, the “gator chops” at Florida, and the general ridicule when he enters arenas across the USA. There will be a lot of new “names” for him that will surely make him like “Benedict Rick” or “Traitor Rick” much better than he has in the past.

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