Robert Joel Halderman

Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau said today that a â??48 Hoursâ?? producer wrote to David Letterman saying that he needed to â??make a large chunk of moneyâ?? and included a one-page screenplay treatment describing how the &...

Unless you were on a very long vacation to an amazingly unplugged island or taking a terrific nap, you've heard that David Letterman has admitted to having affairs with women on his staff. The revelations were made public this week......

The man who allegedly tried to blackmail David Letterman for $2 million is a longtime CBS employee who vowed that his details about the host's sex life would lead to a 'ruined reputation,' officials say. In a media conference this......

As all showbiz-award nuts know, there's a kudos application to every story in the news, including the current sex scandal surrounding David Letterman. Turns out that the alleged extortionist in this case, "48 Hours" producer Robert Joel Halderman, won a...

Gerald Shargel, a veteran criminal defense attorney who is representing the CBS producer accused of trying to blackmail David Letterman, confirmed in an interview today that he plans to argue that the late-night host committed sexual harassment if the...

A New York state supreme court judge ruled today that there was enough evidence to indict a longtime CBS News producer for trying to extort late-night host David Letterman, rejecting the defense’s effort to dismiss the charge. Attorneys for Robert......

A veteran CBS News producer whose actions caused late-night host David Letterman to admit publicly that he had had sexual liaisons with members of his staff pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempted grand larceny and will go to jail for six......

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...

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...

NORWALK, Conn. -- 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 Hudok (HOO'-dok) ruled Thursday that the sealed...

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...

NEW YORK -- The former CBS television producer who tried to shake down David Letterman over the comic icon's office affairs started a six-month jail term Tuesday, closing a case that opened Letterman's behind-the-scenes behavior to public scrutiny....