VIDEO: Attorneys In Letterman Extortion Case Face Off On TV
Posted on Nov 11, 2009 @ 09:38AM
Attorneys representing David Letterman and the late night host's accused extortionist went head-to-head on Wednesday's edition of The Early Show, a day after a judge said he would decide whether or not to throw out the case early next year.
Gerald Shargel, who is representing CBS news producer Robert "Joe" Halderman, said his client was merely trying to execute a "legitimate business transaction" in selling a screenplay to Letterman. Letterman’s attorney Daniel Horvitz disagreed, saying Letterman was "absolutely" ready to take the stand against the man he said was trying to blackmail him.
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Shargel said Halderman will not cop a plea under any circumstance, and the case will be headed toward a trial if the judge does not throw it out early next year. He said following Tuesday's hearing that "any lawyer who's been out of law school for more than 15 minutes would be anxious to cross-examine Mr. Letterman."
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Letterman, 62, admitted on his Oct. 1 show that he had testified before a grand jury earlier that day because of the alleged extortion, which was for $2 million. The Indiana funnyman then admit "the creepy stuff was that I have had sex with women who work for me on this show,” which ignited a firestorm of scrutiny towards the veteran talk show host.
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Halderman has pleaded not guilty to the charges; if the producer is found guilty of attempted grand larceny, he faces up to 15 years in state prison.
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If I were Letterman, I'd drop the charges on the guy. Dave was playing dirty with the guy's girlfriend so to spare any embarrassment to his wife, let this thing die already.
Posted Wed, 11/11/2009 - 1:04pm
And I highly doubt that Letterman was abusing or forcing chicks to sleep with him. Those babes could have walked away if he was making advances toward them. Then again who he slept with is not our business.
Posted Wed, 11/11/2009 - 11:51am
Maybe Dave should turn the tables on this jerk and write a screenplay about what a loser Halderman is. Whatever Letterman does behind closed doors is his business.
Posted Wed, 11/11/2009 - 11:49am
Common Sense is that the guy could have made an appointment to see Letterman or send the transcripts over to his office for his review. Why stick it on his car windshield? Thats real suspicious activity to me.
Posted Wed, 11/11/2009 - 11:47am
The agenda here is that this scumbag Halderman is looking to make a few bucks off Letterman. Noticed how his lawyers have now fabricated this screenplay story the guy was offering letterman.
Posted Wed, 11/11/2009 - 11:44am