We stayed up past our bedtime last night (we go to bed at 7pm, so it was rough) to watch David Letterman disclose details about the extortion plot against him, masterminded by a former CBS producer, Robert J. Halderman. Apparently the guy demanded $2 million from Dave, after threatening to write a screenplay and a book about how he nailed numerous female staffers. Awkward! Dave and his attorney took it to the cops, the guy was busted with a fake check and the whole thing made for one of the most compelling moments on television since Jessie Spano had a Pointer Sisters-fueled meltdown on “Saved By The Bell.”
Now that the criminal’s been busted, we imagine it’ll be Dave’s turn to do some explaining – to his wife Regina Lasko, with whom he has a five-year-old son. We have a feeling she’s not gonna find the whole quite as funny as Dave’s audience did last night.
According to DListed, the woman Dave allegedly slept with is his former assistant, Stephanie Birkitt, who apparently lived with Halderman at one point. If you’re a longtime Letterman fan, you’ll recognize her as the woman Dave used to call on the phone from his desk. She also covered the 2002 and 2006 Olympics for the show, and once called the comedian “the greatest boss I could ever have.” Cue dry heaves!
Here’s Stephanie appearing on the show in 2002 (more can be found over at the Huffington Post). Watch as Dave calls off the planned bit and instead flirts with her for 8 minutes. Enjoy!
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6 Responses to “Letterman Admits Sex With Staffers, Extortion Plot”
kelly spano? lol i think u mean jessie spano. i shoudl get a job for this site considering this is the third time i’ve corrected a mistake.
Thanks Jen! Corrected. And yes, I did mean Jessie Spano. Kelly Kapowski is probably pissed at me right now! I’m so excited/scared.
haha that sbtb episode was beyond ridiculous
Why are anti-semitic people already saying that ths could be another Mossad/Sayanim plot to control major media figures and celebrities, like with Michael Jackson or with the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh’s baby by that weirdo Jewish kidnapper Bruno Hauptmann?
Birkitt seems to coping with the spotlight pretty well, which is fortunate for her… maybe she can write a book and make a new career out of it
i will be turning 40 soon and i realize that we still only live to be 40. dave proble died at 25 and is alive on placebos. we used tonic to stay alive back in the 20s now we call that tea. pink, miley,kelly ect. i love the funeral videos for the 40 year olds it istime to tell the truth. i am one of the lucky ones who was taught to love the earth by a native american early in my life. my soul has kicked in to carry my body i won. not all do so we must fly higher then them to preserve things. people are actually dying of OLD AGE mj,ps,ff ect. there soul was below someone elses they did not know though we die by 40 so they needed the soul that won. you need the soul that won. hurting them effect the wheather.