Letterman's extortionist asks NY judge to dismiss case
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ani-Staff
Washington
(ANI):
The
man
accused
of
trying
to
extort
money
out
of
comedian
David
Letterman
over
his
sexual
affairs
with
female
staffers
has
asked
a
New
York
judge
to
dismiss
the
case.
Letterman
confessed
having
bedded
a
number
of
his
female
co-workers
and
issued
a
public
apology
to
his
wife
Regina
Lasko
on
his
'Late
Show
with
David
Letterman".
He
approached
authorities
telling
them
that
he
was
being
blackmailed
to
pay
2
million
dollars
to
keep
the
information
out
of
the
public
domain.
The
alleged
extortionist
was
exposed
as
producer
Robert
Halderman,
who
was
later
taken
into
custody.
And
now,
an
attorney
for
Halderman
requested
for
a
dismissal
of
his
client"s
indictment
saying
he
was
“trying
to
make
a
'hard-driven" deal
to
sell
rights
to
a
screenplay
inspired
by
Letterman's
sexually-charged
workplace",
reports
Us
magazine.
According
to
the
New
York
Daily
News,
lawyer
Gerald
Shargel
argued
Halderman
observed
that
"Letterman
had
created
and
fostered
an
environment
of
workplace
sexual
misconduct
that
under
any
definition
amounted
to
actionable
sexual
harassment."