On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Steve Rhodes <[email protected]> wrote:
> > He will get six months in prison > > > http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/producer-to-plead-guilty-in-letterman-extortion-case/ > "Updated, 3/10 3:16 p.m. | Robert Halderman<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/h/robert_joel_halderman/index.html>, the man accused of trying to extort $2 million from David Letterman, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in State Supreme Court in Manhattan and will serve six months in jail. As part of the plea agreement, Mr. Halderman will also serve four and a half years probation and must perform 1,000 hours of community service. Saying that he felt “great remorse for what I have done,” Robert Halderman, a CBS producer, pleaded guilty to second-degree attempted grand larceny." So much for the "it was only a screenplay" defense, and the second extortion threat to embarrass Dave on the witness stand during the trial. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
