David Letterman on vacation in St. Bart's (12/2008)
David Letterman admitted on last night's show that he was the victim of an extortion plot. Robert "Joe" Halderman -- a "well respected" producer for 48 hours (PIC HERE) -- threatened to go public with evidence Dave had had an affair with "more than one" Late Show staffer, unless he was paid $2 million. Dave has been dating Regina Lasko since 1986; they married earlier this March. From Variety:
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David Letterman admitted on last night's show that he was the victim of an extortion plot. Robert "Joe" Halderman -- a "well respected" producer for 48 hours (PIC HERE) -- threatened to go public with evidence Dave had had an affair with "more than one" Late Show staffer, unless he was paid $2 million. Dave has been dating Regina Lasko since 1986; they married earlier this March. From Variety:
Letterman told his audience on Thursday that he contacted the Manhattan District Attorney's Special Prosecution Bureau. That led to a sting operation, in which Letterman met with the individual and handed the person a fake $2 million check. That person was arrested on Thursday.According to a warrant obtained by Fox 5 New York, one of the women Dave allegedly had an affair was his former assistant Stephanie Birkitt (PIC HERE):
"This morning, I did something I've never done in my life," Letterman said on Thursday's edition of CBS' "Late Show." "I had to go downtown and testify before a grand jury."
As part of the testimony, Letterman admitted that he had engaged in sexual relationships with staff members.
"My response to that is, yes I have. Would it be embarrassing if it were made public? Perhaps it would," Letterman said. "I feel like I need to protect these people -- I need to certainly protect my family."
And, the warrant says, Birkitt was the suspect's girlfriend and we've learned she was living with him until recently.This is just horrible of Dave, using his position of power and authority to seduce women. Compare his situation with Jimmy Fallon's. Jimmy actually has to convince women he's not "that guy who hosts Late Night" in order to get them to sleep with him.
According to the warrant, the suspect, "48 Hours" producer Robert "Joe" Halderman, sent Letterman a package which allegedly included treatments for a screenplay with supporting materials.
The warrant goes on to say the "supporting materials" included copies of parts of a diary and correspondence belonging to Birkitt.
Yeah baby!
Chris Tucker said it best. "A man is only as faithful as his options."
Even weird looking, a guy with Lettermen's humor, fame, and wealth should have a lot of options.
Did his gf/now wife Know about it?
Hopefully she dumps his ass if she didn't.
More scum that will do whatever they want until they get caught.
You guys hate Jimmy Fallon up there? I would SO sleep with him yumm
David is one of the great unrecgonized cocksman of the era.
He's a pig. At least JAY has been faithful to Meris for all these years and *doesn't* fuck the staff.
Wow, talk about missing the point. Here is this creepy little bastard who has to plow hiw underlings so they can keep their jobs, and we're talking about faithfullness and options. This reminds me of the time I had to have sex with my boss to keep my job. Luckily for me he was a total gentleman afterwards.
Nobody anywhere said Dave did anything wrong, except maybe cheating on his wife/girlfriend. Nobody is saying it was anything but consensual...
whats with all the ugly chicks this guy bangs??
And just what is wrong with being a poonhound? Some men have made a career out of being one.
Dave wasn't married at the time, and from all I read, it was consensual sex..he broke it off in 2003, befor his son was born. He then married his long time girlfriend. Whats the big deal??
Consensual, right. I wonder what happened to the ones who said no? I'm sure he gave them plenty of tv segments, too.
When you kids get in the real world, you'll see that it's not cool when the boss lays the pipe to his employees. The first time you notice that the jizz recepticle gets more money or better treatment than the non-knob polishers, make sure you get back to me and tell me it's perfectly fine.