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Lawyer: Letterman suspect just shopping screenplay
Quick ReadA TV news producer accused of blackmailing David Letterman in exchange for keeping quiet about his sexual affairs was only trying to sell the late-night comic a screenplay, the producer’s lawyer said Tuesday.
Photo credit: AP | Robert "Joe" Halderman, center, exits Manhattan criminal court. Halderman who was charged with attempted grand larceny in the first degree for trying to extort $2 million from talk show host David Letterman is trying to get a dismissal. (Nov. 10, 2009)
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A TV news producer accused of blackmailing David Letterman in exchange for keeping quiet about his sexual affairs was only trying to sell the late-night comic a screenplay, the producer’s lawyer said Tuesday.
Robert J. “Joe” Halderman’s attorney asked a Manhattan judgeat a hearing to dismiss the attempted first-degree grand larcenycharge.
Gerald Shargel said that Halderman was merely...
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