Letterman: They’re going to Trial

Joe Halderman, accused of blackmailing David Letterman, lost his last appeal for a dismissal the other day by claiming the ‘Tiger Woods defense’. Basically, Halderman had tried to squeeze money out of Letterman in return for keeping quite about affairs that he had. His defense came up with the idea, that there shouldn’t be a trial, because it turns out, Tiger Woods had been paying women for year to keep quite and he was doing the same thing.

The judge dismissed that motion and now they’ll be going to trial in March.

Robert Halderman compares himself to Tiger Woods’ Mistresses

The alleged extortionist in the David Letterman case is now comparing himself to all the mistresses in the Tiger Woods case. He’s basically saying, that he had information on the extra marital affairs of David Letterman and wanted to be paid to keep that information quiet.

His examples are:

“No criminal charges have been filed against [Rachel] Uchitel,” who reportedly got $5 million from Woods to keep her mouth shut about their longtime relationship and keep private the text messages and voicemails she saved, lawyer Gerald Shargel’s filing says.

“No charges have been filed against Los Angeles attorney Gloria Allred, who represented Uchitel during negotiations,” and who “may have even hastened negotiations by scheduling, and then canceling, a press conference at which she ‘planned to make a statement about Rachel Uchitel’s relationship with Woods,’ ” the filing says.

“No charges have been filed against Woods’ wife, Elin Nordegren,” who was reportedly paid $5 million to sign a non-disclosure deal, the filing says.

Letterman Attorney Video

David Letterman’s attorney dismisses the claim by Joe Halderman’s lawyer that his client was merely attempting a legal business transaction and not extortion.

A female former staff writer for David Letterman said the comedian’s late-night operation was a hostile, sexually charged, male-dominated bastion where women didn’t climb the ladder unless they climbed into bed.

Nearly 20 years before Letterman admitted he slept with female staffers, he ran an enterprise rife with rumors about his affairs with subordinates, and looked the other way when other high-level men were sleeping with the staff, writes in Vanity Fair.

Scovell said that in 1990 she landed what she thought was her dream job, a writing gig on Letterman’s show, then on NBC.

But after only a few months, she quit. “I’d seen enough to know that I was not going to thrive professionally in that workplace,” she recalled. “And although there were various reasons for that, sexual politics did play a major part.”

A spokesman for Letterman, who this month reported an extortion attempt over recent affairs with staffers, had no immediate comment on the article.

NY POST

Letterman: More Details about a Book

A television producer charged with attempting to extort $2 million from U.S. talk-show host David Letterman threatened to write a book about the TV star’s affairs with employees, court documents showed on Thursday.

A Connecticut judge ordered the release of law enforcement affidavits and a list of evidence taken from the home of Joe Halderman, a producer for CBS news show “48 Hours” who is charged with attempted grand larceny in the case.

According to one affidavit, Halderman told Letterman’s lawyers in a meeting at a Manhattan hotel that he planned to “write the book and publicize the information” if he was not paid. He was arrested later after depositing a phony $2 million check into his bank account.Photographs, a letter, video and audio tapes, a computer hard drive and other items were removed from Halderman’s Norwalk, Connecticut home, according to court documents.

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Letterman took girlfriend on vacations WITH wife

And the No. 1 reason David Letterman is a cad: The “Late Show” host brought the assistant he was sleeping with on Caribbean vacations with his wife and their young son, sources told The Post.

Letterman’s wife, Regina Lasko, had no clue the comic was having an affair with his pretty, much younger assistant Stephanie Birkitt — a $200,000-a-year employee — when she was tagging along on the cozy, romantic trips, sources said.

Lasko, 48, “has to be really, really pissed” to learn recently that Letterman was so brazen as to have invited his paramour on vacations with their 6-year-old son, Harry, a source said.

Lasko — a former show staffer herself who married Letterman in March after 23 years as his girlfriend — believed that Birkitt was only an innocent “friend” and “co-worker” at the time. Letterman also brought other friends and co-workers along for the ride.

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David Letterman lets his jokes work for him

If there’s one thing David Letterman has learned this week, it’s that a little contrition and self-deprecating humor can go a long way.

After a shocking admission about office affairs and an alleged blackmail plot, The Late Show host is winning back his fans’ respect with jokes (”I got into the car this morning and the navigation lady wasn’t speaking to me”) and apologies, including one directly to his wife, Regina Lasko, and his staff, whom he thanked for ”putting up with something stupid I’ve gotten myself involved in.” According to the Manhattan district attorney’s office, that ‘’something stupid” came to light after Robert ”Joe” Halderman, a producer at CBS’ 48 Hours Mystery, threatened to expose Letterman’s sexual trysts with employees if the comedian didn’t fork over $2 million. Halderman pled not guilty on October 2, and is next due in court on November 11.

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David Letterman makes jokes about himself

In spite of his affairs and the scandal surrounding an attempted embezzling of hush money from him, David Letterman is handling the situation with the same approach and satire he would as if the event was happening to someone else. Here are some of his latest jokes about himself.

On Monday night’s show, Letterman opened with a reference to South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, whose own extramarital affair had made him a previous Letterman target.

“I mean, I’ll be honest with you folks — right now, I would give anything to be hiking on the Appalachian Trail,” he joked about Sanford’s infamous phony alibi.

“I got into the car this morning,” he continued, “and the navigation lady wasn’t speaking to me. Ouch.”

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Letterman Apologizes, but knows he has a lot of work

David Letterman acknowledges in his on-air apologies to his wife and staff for having sex with co-workers that he has his work cut out for him.

As Letterman mixed wisecracks with contrition, he said his wife, Regina Lasko, had been “horribly hurt by my behavior” and stated flat-out that those affairs “are in the past.”

The CBS late-night host vowed during Monday’s show to repair his relationship with his wife, whom he married in March after a years-long courtship.

“Let me tell you folks, I got my work cut out for me,” he said ruefully.

As Letterman faces future shows, how he deals with his messy situation could prove significant and, ironically, it could clinch his recent ratings victory in late-night TV.

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CBS Employee Pleads Not Guilty in Letterman Plot

A CBS News employee is out of jail on bond after pleading not guilty to trying to blackmail David Letterman for $2 million in a plot that forced the late night comic to acknowledge having sex with some of the women who have worked for him. (Oct. 2)

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