It has come to light that talk show host David Letterman had a long affair with his former assistant who worked on the popular late night show with him.
The woman at the center of all this attention is Stephanie Birkitt, 34 worked as an intern for the talk show host back in 1996. Their relationship is believed to have ended in 2003. It is reported that the woman started a relationship with CBS employee Robert Halderman, who is the producer of crime show 48 Hours.
The CBS employee and Birkitt blackmailed Letterman for a reported 2.3 million dollars for silence money to keep the affair the talk show host and his employee had whilst she was working for him. The plot spurred the TV host to acknowledge on the air that he had relationships with female staffers on his show.
The veteran of late night tv, who is married and has a five year old son with her, made jokes on his show at his own expense over the incident proving his sense of humour was still in tact even after being threatened.
Halderman entered his plea as he was arraigned on an attempted grand larceny charge on Friday in a Manhattan court. He posted the $230,000 bail and was released from custody.