Robert Halderman has plead guilty to attempted grand larceny for trying to blackmail David Letterman out of $2 million dollars.
Halderman will serve six months in jail and have five years of probation. He has to complete 1,000 hours of community service in the form of helping young adults newly out of prison and also help formerly homeless people with literary and vocational skills.
The Manhattan District Attorney praised David for coming forward and not giving in to the demands:
“Mr. Letterman is a public figure, but like all New Yorkers he has a right to a certain degree of privacy in his personal life. By not giving in to the defendant’s extortionate demands for millions of dollars, and instead taking the courageous step of reporting the crime to law enforcement, Mr. Letterman risked the disclosure of certain aspects of his private life. I commend Mr. Letterman for making the difficult but unquestionably right decision to report this crime to my office and thank him for his full and complete cooperation throughout the investigation and prosecution of the case. ”
I’m sure David is glad to finally put this scandal to rest and move on. Do you think the punishment fit the crime?
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That seems like a fair sentence. I wonder what he was blackmailing him about….