Letterman blackmailer pleads guilty Tue, Mar 9 2010 < 1 / 2 > NEW YORK (Reuters) - A radio writer pleaded guilty Tuesday to perplexing to extract $2 million from U.S. speak show host David Letterman by melancholy to exhibit his affairs with women who worked on his late-night module on CBS.
Robert Joel Halderman, a former writer for the CBS headlines module "48 Hours Mystery," reached a understanding with prosecutors in that he pleaded guilty to attempted grand robbery in sell for portion 6 months in jail, behaving 1,000 hours of village use and giving up his right to appeal.
The box engulfed Letterman in a liaison when it became open in October, call the tied together stand up comic to confess to the affairs on the air. But it used in to the credentials weeks after when luminary golfer Tiger Woods" affairs were exposed.
At Tuesday"s taping of his "Late Show with David Letterman" the host pronounced that primarily he was "full of stress and shaken and worried," but that prosecutors positive him it would be rubbed "skillfully and appropriately." He pronounced it was.
"Thank you for your help," Letterman said, referring to the New York prosecutors by name, according to a twin of his digression expelled by the "Late Show" producers.
Halderman, looming in front of New York State Supreme Court Justice Charles Solomon, pronounced he felt "great remorse" for his actions and apologized to Letterman.
"In Sep of 2009, I attempted to extract $2 million from David Letterman by melancholy to divulge personal and in isolation report about him, either loyal or false," Halderman told the judge.
Halderman was charged by a grand jury in Oct and formerly pleaded not guilty to attempted grand larceny. He had faced up to fifteen years in jail if convicted.
"We weighed the prospects of going to hearing and thought this was the most appropriate approach to finalise it," pronounced Halderman"s lawyer, Gerald Shargel.
Daniel Horwitz, an profession for Letterman, called the agreement "a wise finish to the case."
Formal sentencing was set for May.
(Editing by Daniel Trotta and Xavier Briand)
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