CBS News employee Robert Haldermanpleaded not guilty to trying to blackmail David Letterman for $2m (£1.25m) over his relationships with female members of his staff.
Halderman, ironically the a producer for true-crime show 48 Hours, entered his plea against the charge of attempted grand larceny in a Manhattan court today. His bail has been set at $200,000 (£125,000), The AP reported.
Prosecutors claim that the 51-year-old demanded $2m from Letterman last month in exchange for covering up information that he insisted would ruin the chatshow host’s reputation.
Letterman subsequently went public about the affairs on last night’s broadcast of his program and had apparently cut a fake check and delivered it which lead to the arrest according to Showbiz news story in the LA Times.
