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Former CBS producer pleads guilty to trying to extort David Letterman

By Douglas A. Berman

The Letterman extortion case has now become a sentencing matter as the defendant in the case has now entered a plea.  This New York Times report provides the basic details: Saying that he felt ?great remorse for what I have done,? a former CBS producer pleaded guilty on Tuesday to trying to extort $2 million from David Letterman by threatening to reveal details about affairs that Mr. Letterman had with members of his staff, including a former companion of the producer. In exchange for pleading guilty to second-degree attempted grand larceny, the former producer, Robert Joel Halderman, will receive a six-month jail sentence, after which he must serve four and a half years of probation. Mr. Halderman must also perform 1,000 hours of community service...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 09, 2010 (boomark / email).