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SavageAmusement 03-09-2010 01:34 PM

Producer Admits to Attempted Letterman Shakedown
 




A television producer has pleaded guilty to trying to shake down David Letterman over the comic’s sexual affairs. Robert “Joe” Halderman entered his guilty plea to attempted grand larceny Tuesday in a Manhattan court. He is being sentenced to six months in jail and 1,000 hours of community service.


He was charged last fall with demanding $2 million to keep quiet about Letterman’s love life. The case spurred the late-night TV icon to tell viewers he’d had affairs with women on his staff.
Halderman’s lawyers initially said he was just offering to sell Letterman a thinly veiled screenplay about the comedian’s life.
Halderman is a producer for CBS’ ‘48 Hours Mystery.’


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