Former CBS News producer Robert Halderman pled guilty today to charges stemming from his alleged attempt to blackmail CBS late-night TV host David Letterman last fall.
Halderman agreed to plead guilty to second-degree grand larceny for demanding last October that Letterman pay him $2 million to keep quiet about affairs that the TV host had with women on his production staff.
Instead of paying the money, Letterman went to prosecutors in New York. The day Halderman was arrested after he deposited a fake check from Letterman, the host disclosed the plot and confessed to having affairs on his program.
In a statement, Letterman said, “I would like to thank the district attorney of Manhattan, Cyrus R.
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