Mar
9
David Letterman blackmailer gets 6-months in jail
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[HMG] – In another sad case of mindless extortion, Robert Halderman, the CBS producer who tried to steal $2-million from Late Show host, David Letterman over a screenplay has just pleaded guilty and faces six months in jail.
Halderman, 51, a former ‘48 Hours’ producer, was expected to speak for several minutes at today’s hearing and finally admit to extorting the late night host over his affair with Halderman’s girlfriend, 35-year old Stephanie Birkitt.
To recap, last October Halderman saw David and Stephanie making out in the drive of her home. He then wrote a ’screenplay’ about a talk-show host who slept with female employees and tried to sell it to Dave for $2-million. The cops promptly set up a sting and the incompetent crook was arrested as he tried to cash the fake check.
Today, Halderman faced a judge in Manhattan’s Supreme Court and copped a plea to second-degree larceny. He was then sentenced to six months in jail, 1,000 hours of community service and four-and-a-half years probation.
With good behavior he should only serve sixteen weeks behind bars.
People who know Halderman tell the Post his crime was largely driven by his ex-wife moving their children to Colorado, (Read more...)