Robert Joe Halderman is the television producer at the center of a bizarre plot to extort millions of dollars from American television icon David Letterman.

News of Halderman’s arrest has shocked friends, family and former colleagues of the veteran producer of 48 Hours who also worked on the Winter Olympics and the acclaimed 2006 documentary Three Days In September which was narrated by Oscar winner Julia Roberts.

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