David Letterman's Extortionist Sentenced to Six Months in Jail

By PopEater Staff Posted May 4th 2010 03:30PM

Robert Halderman, the former CBS producer who tried to extort millions from David Letterman, will be spending six months in jail.

A judge sentenced Halderman to half a year behind bars after he pleaded guilty to attempted grand larceny, TMZ reports. He originally entered a plea of not guilty -- and faced up to 15 years in jail -- before changing his mind.

Halderman wanted $2 million from Letterman to not go public with information on the 'Late Show' host's infidelities.

However, Letterman beat his extortionist to the punch by revealing his affairs with female staffers during the monologue of his show back in October.

According to Halderman's lawyer, the former '48 Hours' producer was just trying to sell Letterman a screenplay and keep it confidential.

However, Dave's attorney disagreed. "This was not a sale of anything legitimate, this was classic extortion."

Meanwhile, after admitting to several extra-marital relationships, Letterman is still trying to repair his marriage to Regina Lasko. "Because you think an explosion has taken place and you're looking at the shards and you say, 'Well, can we put this back together?'" he said on 'Live With Regis & Kelly'

"And by God, maybe you can put it back together. And maybe it won't be the same, but maybe it will be different, and maybe it can even be better in a different way," he added.

Lasko and Letterman had a long courtship before finally tying in the knot in March of 2009. They have one son.

Tags: david letterman, regina lasko, robert halderman

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Tuesday 04 May

By Lonny S

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I'm not really a fan of Letterman, butI admire his guts in getting ahead of this incident by going public. I hope he can put his amily back together. As for the extortionist..6 months is not long enough for ruining a mna's life.

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