A plaintive "damn, damn, damn." would be heard from SD. And then one of his own (likely blue) top 10 lists about things that Letterman and Bill Clinton had in common would be shared, privately.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 11:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Late extrotion with... Dvid Letterman 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
