Robert Joel Halderman

Letterman Blackmail Plot Man Freed From Jail

The former television producer who tried to blackmail David Letterman over the comedian's office affairs was freed from jail Thursday, city Correction Department records show. Robert "Joe" Halderman served four months of his six-month sentence in the...

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Letterman Producer Pleads Guilty

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A TV producer has pleaded guilty to trying to shake down David Letterman over the comic's sexual affairs. Robert "Joe" Halderman entered his guilty plea to attempted grand larceny Tuesday in a Manhattan court. He was charged last fall with demanding...

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Letterman Extortion Suspect Dodges Trial, Pleads Guilty

The TV producer accused of attempting to extort talk show host David Letterman for millions in exchange to keep silent the comic's sexual affairs, pleaded guilty Tuesday to grand larceny charges. Robert "Joe" Halderman reportedly pleaded guilty to...

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Judge OKs Release of Warrants in Letterman Case

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A Connecticut judge says information in search warrants should be released in the case of a newsman accused of trying to blackmail David Letterman. Norwalk Superior Court Judge Bruce Hudock (HOO'-dok) ruled Thursday that the documents can be released,...

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Court Files Opened in David Letterman Case

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Late night talker David Letterman apparently felt "threatened, alarmed and concerned," about the impact the news of his sexual trysts with staffers would have on both his family and career life. According to search warrant affidavits released in court...

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Letterman Extortionist Claims He Was Shopping Screenplay, Not Blackmail

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A CBS news producer accused of blackmailing David Letterman in exchange for staying mum about the late-night funny man's sexual trysts with staffers was only trying to sell him a screenplay, the producer's lawyer said Tuesday. Robert "Joe" Halderman's...

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Letterman Extortionist To Begin Six-Month Jail Sentence

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Robert "Joe" Halderman thought he had a $2 million secret and a surefire plan to cash in on it: Pay him, or he'd ravage David Letterman's congenial, clean-cut image by revealing the late-night TV icon's office affairs. Instead, Halderman ravaged his...

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Letterman Returns To "Late Show," Apologizes To Wife

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Late night funnyman David Letterman finished taping his first show Monday, since revealing last week in a bombshell announcement that he'd had sex with some of his female employees. Letterman, 62, told viewers Thursday that Robert "Joe" Halderman, a...

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College Sending Out Warnings To Potential Letterman Interns

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Students at a well-known Connecticut university looking to score internships at the 'Late Show with David Letterman' are reportedly being warned about the late-night talker. Deeming the recent news of Letterman's alleged sexual trysts with female...

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