Comments on: Annals of rape allegations

By: Rick Underwood

Rick Underwood — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 22:13:13 +0000

She was found guilty on all counts. Her husband was allowed to inject that she turned down a plea deal so she could go to trial and take Pitino down. Does that sound like a problem under FRE 410? Lot’s of weird stuff in this case, with dubious testimony on the prosecution’s side, but the result was not surprising.

By: Rick Underwood

Rick Underwood — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:53:03 +0000

Check out the Above The Law story by Kashmir Hill. The best coverage of the Sypher case yet.

By: Aaron Worthing

Aaron Worthing — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:22:28 +0000

hey now, you should judge that woman not by the color of her hair, but the content of her character. which is wanting, but still, you get my point.

By: wfjag

wfjag — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:44:43 +0000

Not surprising at all that the reporters were lined up, since Sypher called them and told them that was what she was going to the police station to do:

“Prosecutors played video from a WHAS 11 newscast of Sypher going to LMPD’s Sex Crimes Unit and our Melanie Kahn testified that Sypher called the night before to let us know she would be there.

And sex crimes detective Mona Sullivan testified it was the first time she had ever seen someone come to report a rape allegation with a TV crew there.”

See, Two surprise witnesses with shocking testimony in the Karen Sypher extortion trial (Aug. 3, 2010), http://www.whas11.com/news/Two-surprise-witness-with-shocking-testimony-in-the-Karen-Sypher-extortion-trial-99806199.html

Very interesting trial to follow. Sypher is making dumb blondes, everywhere, a joke.

By: Aaron Worthing

Aaron Worthing — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:37:20 +0000

okay, off topic, feel free to delete, but this is pretty outrageous. a black church decides to stage a fistfight in order to test a white cop’s reaction. white cop ends up going to hospital.

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/24453132/detail.html

i know normally we are against lawsuits around here, but i say the cop should not only sue the crap out of them (possibly for racial discrimination, too), but there should be arrestes for assault, battery and conspiracy, all around.

By: Ted

Ted — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:21:35 +0000

Not just any testimony, but testimony (supported by a photo) that Sypher performed what the media delicately calls a “sex act” on her lawyer the day he was hired. Deadspin was less delicate.

http://m.deadspin.com/5600876/icky-icky-blowjob-news-from-the-pitino-extortion-trial