After his opening monologue on Thursday's Late Night with David Letterman, Letterman openly admitted having affairs with female employees that work for him and that someone is extorting him over the affairs.
He explained with a bit of seriousness and humour that about three weeks ago he received a package in the mail that threatened and said if he doesn't pay him $2 million he will have all his affairs made public.
Letterman explained how he went straight to is attorney about the case and they immediately arranged a meeting with the individual who has threatened to extort him, who we now know to be Robert J. Halderman, a producer for the show "48 Hours" also on CBS. At the meeting, Halderman reiterated his intentions of revealing the information as well as he was going to write a book about Letterman's affairs. Letterman said that he gave Halderman a "phony" $2 million cheque to keep his mouth shut and later said Halderman has been arrested after a warrent was issued.
That Thursday morning, Letterman went before a grand jury on the issue and said that it was something he had never thought he would be doing in his life and while being there his acknowledged his sexual relationships with female co-workers at the show.
Letterman said, "Yes i have. Would it be embarrassing if it were made public? Perhaps it would. I feel like i need to protect these people. i need to certainly protect my family."
According to the Associated Press, Halderman has been charged with attempted grand larceny after allegedly giving the "Late Show" host an ultimatum to pay him $2 million or else he were to have the affairs made public.
CBS issued a statement on Friday in regards to the issue:
"CBS was made aware of an ongoing police investigation involving David Letterman and an employee at '48 Hours' who was subsequently arrested yesterday on charges of attempted grand larceny in the first degree," a rep for the network tells ET. "CBS is cooperating fully with the authorities and the employee has been suspended pending the results of the investigation. Mr. Letterman addressed the issue during the show's broadcast last night, and we believe his comments speak for themselves."
Letterman never reveals who these female co-workers are, but some suspect one of them could have been his former assistant Stephanie Berkitt who actually used to work with Halderman on the show "48 Hours" and had dated and lived with him.
Halderman pleaded NOT guilty to the allegations that he tried to extort money from Letterman. He has since posted bail at a $200,000 bond.
Letterman turns the tables on Halderman and admits to the allegations of the affair, he was the first to get the information out and he took hold of the situation, which calls for some good PR, I would say.
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