A lawyer for the CBS producer accused of blackmailing David Letterman says his client was only attempting to sell the Late Show host a screenplay, according to The Associated Press.
David Letterman felt "threatened" over extortion attempt
"There was no extortion. There was a screenplay for sale," Gerald Shargel, Robert J. Halderman's attorney, said in a statement outside of the courtroom. "There was a commercial transaction. Nothing more."
Despite Shargel asking that the case be dismissed...
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First Jon & Kate, now David Letterman.
For its latest ripped-from-the-headlines story line, Law & Order will take a page out of the Late Show host's sex-with-staffers extortion scandal, Entertainment Weekly reports.
Law & Order executive producer spills on Jon & Kate-inspired episode
The episode will focus on a ...
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David Letterman said he felt "threatened, alarmed and concerned" over attempts to extort him over his sexual affairs with female employees, newly released court documents reveal.
The documents, obtained by the AP, said that the Late Show host felt threatened "about...
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Awkward alert: Sex was again the hot topic on CBS' Late Show with David Letterman as Tina Fey shared that she didn't lose her virginity until the age of 24 because she "couldn't give it away."
Letterman, two weeks removed from his sex-with-staffers scandal, gingerly broached the subject with Fey by reading from Us Weekly a list of celebrities who remained virgins into their ...
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Jimmy Kimmel is going out with a woman on his staff, his rep confirms.
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