At Porcini's restaurant on the night of July 31, 2003, to meet about a possible job in the sales department at The Courier-Journal, Sypher was thrilled when Pitino caller her over and invited her to have a drink. As the night wore on and more people left the restaurant, however, Sypher herself tried to leave and was asked to stay by Pitino until only they remained, said James Earhart, her attorney, in his opening statement to jurors earlier in the afternoon.
Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter's Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.