Alleged Letterman Blackmailer Says
He was Just Trying to Sell a Script
Wednesday November 11, 2009
Robert J. "Joe" Halderman, the TV producer who allegedly attempted to blackmail Late Show host David Letterman, has asked the court to drop his case because, he claims, he was only trying to sell Letterman a screenplay.
Now screenwriters have gone to great lengths to get their work in front of the right people, but this might take the cake.
Halderman's lawyer claims there now extortion, only a screenplay for sale, and that the $2 million Halderman requested - in taped conversations between Halderman and Letterman's lawyer - was nothing more than a "commercial transaction."
Letterman's lawyer called the case "classic blackmail."
For more info check out the Letterman Extortion Plot Timeline.
Comments
This is happens when u put yourself in thies typ’s of situation’s,i think even mr. Letterman would even have 2 admit.i’m happy 2 see that this thief did’nt get away with this cowardly extortion however