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David Letterman’s Blackmailer Wants Case Tossed

Posted on 11 November 2009 by adam

More details from David Letterman and the extortion case have been made public - and there is even more behind it. On Tuesday, arguments from an attorney for defendant Robert Halderman, the CBS producer accused of trying to blackmail the talk show host with details about his affairs with women he worked with, brought on new questions. Defense lawyer Gerald Shargel asked the New York judge to dismiss Halderman’s indictment, saying that his client wasn’t blackmailing anyone, but trying to make a “hard driven” deal to sell rights to a screenplay inspired by Letterman’s sexually-charged workplace.

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David Letterman’s Blackmailer Wants Case Tossed

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