Karla K. Knafel v. Chicago Sun-Times, Inc. And Sun-Times Online

TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Michael Jordan, erstwhile North Carolina Tar Heel and Chicago Bulls star, had an affair with a woman named Karla Knaf-el, an affair he wanted her to keep mum about. To that end, she alleges in her complaint in this action, he promised to pay her $5 million; he denies it (not the affair, just the promise to pay hush money). To put the matter to rest, Jordan filed a preemptive suit in the circuit court of Cook County accusing Knafel of extortion. Or, as columnist Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times put it:

In two days, a Cook County judge will rule on motions…