Producer Arrested in David Letterman Extortion Case

A producer for the show “48 Hours” was arrested on Thursday after allegedly attempting to extort David Letterman over his extramarital affair.

Letterman confessed his sin on his show Thursday night, disclosing that while he had been having an affair with a show staffer, someone else had attempted to extort money from him.

The suspect is reported as Robert J. Halderman. He has apparently been charged with attempted grand larceny after giving Letterman an ultimatum to pay him $2 million or to risk having his affairs with female “Late Show” employees made public.

Letterman explained further on his show that he had testified before a grand jury earlier that day: “This morning I did something I’ve never done in my life and it was a combination of just unusual and scary..I had to go downtown to testify before the grand jury and I had to tell them how I…felt menaced by this and I had to tell them all of the creepy things that I have done.”