Happy October 1. Somehow, this makes me wonder wtf Tom would say.
--Deb --- On Thu, 10/1/09, danny burstein <[email protected]> wrote: > From: danny burstein <[email protected]> > Subject: Late extrotion with... Dvid Letterman > To: "wnn" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, October 1, 2009, 8:35 PM > Letterman Discloses Extortion Threat, > Admits Sexual Relationships > W/Staffers > > Earlier this evening, David Letterman told his talk show > audience that he > was the victim of a $2 million extortion attempt—and > that he had sexual > relationships with staffers. He said (the show airs at > 11:35 p.m. on WCBS > 2), "This morning, I did something I've never done in my > life. I had to go > downtown and testify before a grand jury." > > According to the Daily News, "The 'Late Show' host received > a package from > an individual who claimed to have information on his > dalliances and said > he would be outed unless he came up with $2 million." > Letterman went to > the Manhattan's DA office, which "instructed Letterman to > mail a phony $2 > million check to the individual, which led to the > extortionist's arrest on > Thursday." > > Letterman said of the affairs with staffers, "My response > to that is, yes > I have. Would it be embarrassing if it were made public? > Perhaps it would. > I feel like I need to protect these people -- I need to > certainly protect > my family." > > The News spoke to Letterman's mom, Dorothy Mengering, who > said, "I knew he > was being blackmailed and that someone was arrested today. > So far that's > all I know. I'm looking forward to seeing the show tonight > to see what he > has to say." She added that she heard about the extortion > attempt from > Letterman's wife of 7 months, Regina Lasko (she and > Letterman had "been > together" since 1986 and have a 5-year-old son). > > UPDATE: According to TMZ, the identity of the arrestee "is > Robert > Halderman. He's 51 years old and lives in Norwalk, CT. > Halderman has a > business in Manhattan, where he was arrested today. > > http://gothamist.com/2009/10/01/letterman_discloses_extortion_threa.php > > _____________________________________________________ > Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key > > [email protected] > [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 > encoded] > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" 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/wnndl?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
