Time Warp: October 1, 2009

Posted by Ken Davidson on Oct 1st, 2010

On this day in 2009, David Letterman announced on air that he was a victim of an extortion attempt. Robert Joel Halderman, a CBS News employee and Emmy Award winner, had given Letterman, host of the “Late Show With David Letterman,” a one-page treatment of a screenplay, which revealed that Letterman had sexual encounters with his employees at his World Wide Pants production company. Halderman demanded $2 million to stay quiet; he subsequently pled guilty to attempted grand larceny in the second degree, and received a 6-month jail sentence.


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