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Pitino denies he knew about Louisville escorts

On Monday, Louisville coach Rick Pitino again denied that he had any knowledge that a former staffer allegedly paid for recruits and players to have sex with escorts.

"Not myself, not one player, not one trainer, not one assistant, not one person knew anything about any of this," the Hall of Fame coach told ESPN on Monday. "If anyone did, it would have been stopped on a dime. Not one person knew anything about it."

This comes in the face of his accuser, Katina Powell -- the woman who has alleged that she and other escorts had sex with Louisville players and recruits for money, telling the Indianapolis Business Journal that she was told by Andre McGee that Rick Pitino knew of the arrangement.