Polanski his ass.
Letterman brigns back memories of late night 10th grade action.
Cooking Oscar Meyer Cheese dogs with my buddy and watching what they told me was the great David Letterman week after week.
Those were really good times. I loved them dogs. I don’t think OM makes them cheese dogs anymore.
Bummer.
He’s a jackass.
I have a feeling there were more than women involved. I don’t know why but that’s the way I feel. Otherwise he could have just as simply told the guy to take a hike. If the guy told his tale the results would be the same as Letterman telling it.
I also think anyone who he had sex with could be in line to collect a bundle. He admitted to sexual harassment on national T.V.
Full clip of Letterman’s Late Show announcement: 10 minutes
David Letterman Extortion Details:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVC3HohP8o4
I wonder what Letterman’s contract with CBS says about have sexual relationships with employees? He could be in breech of contract. This thing could prove to be very interesting. Maybe Dave will have to move to France.
Since he’s a Lib personified it’s ok .... now if it was say ... Rush or Hannity or Beck ....
There would be nothing better than to see that gap-toothed sack of waste do a perp walk.
Hmm...well, celebrities are Special People if we are to believe that avatar of sexual ethics Whoopie Goldberg. And Special People get to live under Special Rules. CBS can always prove me wrong, but my money’s on Dave skating.
Some how thinking of him having to basically have sex with someone he pays to work for him makes perfect sense.
I wonder if they wear slutty looking staff outfits?
Am I the only one around here who thinks that “Worldwide Pants” is kind of an odd name for Letterman’s corporation?
I see from a google search that one recent story is entitled “Worldwide Pants Unzipped.”
Karma is hitting him back after what he did to Palin’s daughter. But I do have to give him a little credit for not going along with the blackmail demands.
Very interesting NYT piece.
They mention that CBS did an investigation and was assured that none of the women were underage. What does it say about him that they’d even ask that question? Would anyone even think about that with say Jay Leno or Conan O’Brien?
More telling is the details of his background:
Several longtime associates of Mr. Letterman said he has a long history of pursuing relationships with employees, dating to his first days on television on NBC in the early 1980s. At that time he was known to frequently date interns and other young women connected to his show, one associate said.
His first longtime relationship was with Merrill Markoe, who was his head writer on his NBC show, “Late Night With David Letterman,” and before they became a couple, Mr. Letterman and Ms. Lasko worked together on his show. Some veterans of the show said it was well-known inside the production that he had also had a close relationship at one time with another previous assistant.
I would not be surprised at all if one were to go back and find photos of these interns, young women, and assistants(maybe one who cast him aside or ended things or turned him down) that one or more of them bears a resemblance to a certain brunette and/or some of her children. His attacks on her are so personal-based and out of any proprtion that there has to be something deeper motivating him.
Also, how can the NYT say his first long time relationship was with Markoe when he was married to a woman for 9 yrs who I can find absolutely no information about anything more recent than 1977.
Just released...
“CBS would not address questions about whether Letterman faced any disciplinary actions for relationships with subordinates. CBS News also declined to address questions about whether Halderman’s alleged actions call into question any of the work he has done for the news division.
David Lande, a New York City-based civil attorney whose cases have included sexual harassment, said Letterman presumably was in a position of power with a voice in hiring, firing and promotions.
“So, to the extent that he had control over these factors with the women he was involved with, he could be subject to liability,” he said. “I am sure CBS lawyers are reviewing the matter very carefully.”
Shanti Atkins, president of ELT, a firm that consults on ethics and sex in the workplace issues, said Letterman, his company and CBS could also be vulnerable to claims of sexual favoritism by others in the company if they believe people got ahead because they were sleeping with the boss.
Assistant District Attorney Judy Salwen told the judge Halderman was in debt, but did not elaborate.
“The evidence is compelling,” she said. “It shows the defendant is desperate, and he is capable of doing anything.”
The prosecutor said Halderman gave the talk show host a package of materials that “contained clear, explicit and actual threats that indicate this defendant ... (wanted to) destroy the reputation of Mr. Letterman and to submit him and his family to humiliation and ridicule.”
Halderman, hands cuffed behind his back, stared at the floor during most of Friday’s court hearing and said only “not guilty.”
His lawyer, Gerald Shargel, said Halderman worked at CBS for 27 years and had no prior criminal record. He described him as an involved father who coached soccer, baseball and football and has two children, ages 11 and 18.
“This story is far more complicated than what you heard this afternoon,” Shargel said outside court, but he would not elaborate.
Halderman earned about $214,000 in 2007. He was ordered in 2007 to pay his ex-wife $6,800 per month in child and spousal support until May 2011, when the payments will be reduced to $5,966 until May 2014, according to papers filed in Stamford Superior Court.
He had asked for a reduction to $2,039 per month because his ex-wife, Patty Montet, was sharing a house in New Canaan with a man. But Montet argued — and the judge agreed — that her living arrangement was for convenience and not romantic. Montet also claimed Halderman was getting $1,500 a month from Birkitt.
“Mr. Halderman claims he is struggling financially, but it is difficult to see what, other than mismanagement and extravagant spending, is the reason for this,” Montet’s attorneys said in the court file. “His is a world of golf trips, vacations, increasing 401k assets, comprehensive benefits, security in employment, earnings as an award-winning producer for CBS, and home ownership.”...”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091003/ap_on_en_tv/us_tv_letterman_extortion/print
Is FNC Factor BoR reporting on this?