Topic: Joe Halderman

Letterman case will go to trial: NY judge

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York judge refused on Tuesday to toss out a case against a TV producer accused of a $2 million extortion attempt against David Letterman over the talk show host's sexual affairs with co-workers.New York State Supreme ...
NYC judge refuses to throw out case against suspect in David Letterman extortion plotA jury should get to decide whether a TV producer's dealings with David Letterman were attempted blackmail or just hard-nosed business, a judge ruled Tuesday.In refusing to throw out ...
NY judge says he won't toss case of suspect in David Letterman extortion plotA judge has turned down a TV producer's request to toss out a criminal case accusing him of blackmailing David Letterman over the comic's love life.Manhattan state Supreme Court ...
Citing Woods scandal, Letterman extortion suspect says it's not a crime to sell silenceThe TV producer accused of shaking down David Letterman to keep mum about his affairs is drawing on the Tiger Woods sex scandal to try to bolster his defense.In ...
Man accused of blackmailing Letterman said transaction would look like business dealA TV producer accused of trying to blackmail David Letterman for $2 million said he needed money to visit his son and would mask the transaction as a business deal, prosecutors ...
Producer accused in Letterman plot only trying to sell screenplay to 'Late Show' hostDavid Letterman was on the receiving end of a sales pitch, not a shakedown, a defense lawyer said Tuesday as he argued that a TV producer accused of extorting ...
Today's court case shed some very interesting light on the David Letterman extortion scandal. TMZ reports that Robert Halderman, the CBS producer who tried to blackmail Dave out of $2 million, claims he is innocent of any wrongdoing and that he really ...
News producer accused in Letterman scheme to ask NYC court to drop chargeA lawyer for the TV news producer accused of blackmailing David Letterman plans to ask a judge to dismiss an extortion case that prompted the late-night comic to acknowledge affairs ...

David Letterman extortion suspect threatened to write book

NEW YORK (Reuters) - 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 ...
Letterman 'concerned' about impact blackmail threats would have on family, jobDavid Letterman felt " threatened, alarmed and concerned" about the impact to his family life and career after a newsman tried to blackmail him by disclosing his sexual affairs, according to court ...