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VIDEO: Letterman Extortionist Pleads Guilty; Apologizes To Talk Show Host
Posted on Mar 09, 2010 @ 01:50PM - 2 comments
Moments after Robert “Joe” Halderman pleaded guilty to attempting to blackmail David Letterman, the former producer for CBS’ 48 Hours stepped before cameras and publicly apologized to the iconic talk show host.
Halderman, 52, entered the guilty plea Tuesday afternoon in New York to the charge of attempted 2nd degree grand larceny.
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In a brief statement after the hearing, Halderman said: “I just wanted to say again I apologize to Mr. Letterman, his family, to Stephanie Birkitt, her family, and certainly to my friends and family. I will not be doing any interviews, and I thank you all for your patience.”
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In exchange for his guilty plea, Halderman will serve six months in prison. If convicted without a plea deal, Halderman faced up to 15 years behind bars.
In addition, he was placed on 5 years probation and ordered to perform 1000 hours of community service.
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Halderman was accused of trying to extort $2 million from Letterman to keep quiet about the talk show host's extramarital affairs.
In the past, his lawyer said that Halderman was just offering the Late Show host a chance to buy and keep private a screenplay about his life.
BREAKING NEWS: David Letterman - "I Had Complete Faith That A Just And Appropriate Result Was Inevitable"
Posted on Mar 09, 2010 @ 01:48PM - 4 comments
Just moments after Robert “Joe” Halderman plead guilty to a charge of attempted 2nd degree grand larceny regarding his attempt to blackmail David Letterman, the late night talk show host issued a statement.
VIDEO: Letterman Extortionist Pleads Guilty; Apologizes To Talk Show Host
“I’d like to thank the District Attorney of Manhattan, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., the former District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, the special prosecutions bureau, the DA’s office and the New York City Police Department,” Letterman’s statement read. “When they became involved in this case I had complete faith that a just and appropriate result was inevitable. On behalf of my family, I am extremely grateful for their tireless efforts.”
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Halderman, 52, was accused of trying to extort $2 million from Letterman in exchange for keeping quiet about his extramarital affairs with Stephanie Birkitt. He will serve six months in jail and will be placed on 5 years probation. He will also be required to do 1,000 hours of community service.
Letterman Extortionist To Plead Guilty Tuesday
Posted on Mar 09, 2010 @ 05:10AM - 1 comment
Robert Halderman the television producer at the center of the $2 million David Letterman extortion plot is expected to plead guilty to second degree larceny at Manhattan Supreme Court Tuesday, RadarOnline.com has learned.
The CBS producer – who was driven by jealousy after finding-out his girlfriend Stephanie Birkett was sleeping with Letterman – is expected to be sentenced to six months in jail as well as being ordered to do 1000 hours of community service and serve four an a half years probation as part of a deal with prosecutors.
Halderman, 51, is expected to make a brief statement during the pleas hearing and it is expected that he will admit intentionally extorting the talk show host.
He allegedly shook down the married Letterman, 61, last fall by demanding $2 million as payment for a purported "screenplay" that was about a late-night TV talk show host who slept with his female employees.
Halderman penned the script after spotting Letterman making out in the driveway of the journalist's Norwalk, Conn., home with Birkitt, who was both an employee of the "Late Show," as well as Halderman's live-in girlfriend.
The journalist then left the screenplay in Letterman's limousine, along with copies of excerpts from Birkitt's personal diaries. In subsequent negotiations with Letterman's lawyers, Halderman asked for and received a check for $2 million for the script.
But the check turned out to be a fake, and Halderman was busted by authorities who had been monitoring his talks with Letterman's lawyer after being notified of the extortion effort.
After Halderman was arrested, Letterman shocked millions of TV viewers by revealing both the blackmail, as well as the fact that he had slept with unnamed female employees.
"No, I'm not having sex" with any staff members currently, Letterman said that night. "You can't be victimized by criminals."
Letterman's spokesman had no immediate comment - Halderman's lawyer, Gerald Shargel, declined to comment.
With credit for good behavior, the shamed producer is expected to be released from jail after just four months.
Prosecutor In David Letterman Extortion Case Wants Witnesses Kept Secret
Posted on Oct 15, 2009 @ 09:59AM - 3 comments
The David Letterman blackmail saga will play out in court Thursday, with a top-secret twist: prosecutor Suzanne Vieux is hoping to keep search warrants in her case against Robert J. "Joe" Halderman -- the man accused of blackmailing the late night icon -- under wraps.
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Vieux said, in court papers filed in Norwalk Superior Court Wednesday, that publicizing the identities of possible witnesses in an extortion case could bring on unwanted media coverage, hampering her efforts in the case, and making the witnesses less cooperative.
David Letterman Took Mistress On Family Vacations With Wife
Posted on Oct 09, 2009 @ 11:06AM - 25 comments
The David Letterman sex scandal has taken a bizarre new twist – following revelations that The Late Show icon took his mistress Stephanie Birkitt on a Caribbean vacation with his wife Regina Lasko and their young son.
The New York Post is reporting that Lasko had no idea that her husband was involved with the $200,000 a year employee who is at the center of a $2 million blackmail plot involving television producer Robert Halderman.
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Letterman’s Wife And Son Spotted For The First Time Since Extortion Scandal Broke
Posted on Oct 08, 2009 @ 12:50PM - 12 comments
David Letterman’s wife, Regina Lasko, and his six-year-old son Harry were spotted in New York City Thursday.
Regina dropped Harry off at school amid tight security. It is the first time she has been spotted in public since Letterman’s Late Night Show confession of affairs with multiple women that work for him.
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The confession came amid the claim by Letterman that he was the subject of an extortion attempt by the CBS studio producer Robert “Joe” Halderman.
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Halderman’s ex-lover, Stephanie Birkitt, was the subject of the extortion, with Halderman allegedly threatening to expose her affair with the late night host unless he handed over $2million.
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Report: Accused Letterman Blackmailer Saw Dave Kiss His Girlfriend
Posted on Oct 08, 2009 @ 08:18AM - 4 comments
Accused David Letterman extortionist Robert Halderman watched idly by as his girlfriend, Stephanie Birkitt, passionately kissed the late night talk show host in a parked car in the driveway of Halderman's Norwalk, Connecticut home two months ago, the New York Post reported.
Halderman, a CBS 48 Hours producer, and Birkitt broke up a short time later; Birkitt, 34, moved into a Manhattan apartment shortly thereafter, leading many to believe the infidelity was a motivating factor as to why Halderman would allegedly attempt to blackmail the married Letterman for $2 million.
David Letterman Drama Makes For Ratings Gold
Posted on Oct 07, 2009 @ 10:30AM - 5 comments
David Letterman's self-confessed bad behavior has reinforced the credo, controversy creates cash: Nielsen reported a 4.2 rating for Monday's edition of The Late Show, a rating so high it beat out anything NBC broadcast in prime time.
Last Thursday's episode was a huge ratings winner, as Nielsen reported more than 5.8 million viewers tuned in to see Letterman tell his audience he was the target of a $2 million extortion plot and that he had “sex with women who work for me.”
Diary Of Letterman Intern Details Romantic Hikes, Job Offers
Posted on Oct 06, 2009 @ 12:19PM - 11 comments
Romantic hikes and secret sexual trysts were mentioned in the diary of Stephanie Birkitt, the pretty intern at the center of the scandal which ignited after iconic talk show host David Letterman admitted to “having sex with women who work for me” during a tension-filled confession on his show last week.
Birkitt's diary, according to the New York Post, details the ins and outs of her infidelities with the talk show host, even while she lived with her CBS producer boyfriend -- and the man Letterman has accused of plotting to extort him -- Robert Halderman.
