and someone is going to jail. former cbs news producer robert halderman was accused of trying to blackmail the talk show host over sexual affairs letterman had with female employees. halderman pleaded guilty to second degree grand larceny and will serve six months in jail and perform community service. again, i apologize to mr. letterman, his family, to stephanie burkett, her family and certainly my friends and family. i will not be doing any interviews and i thank you all for your patience. talk to you about a segment of my life here that began six months ago. i found myself in some legal trouble and pretty quickly it was turned over to the district attorney s office here in manhattan. now, i had never been involved in anything like this in my life and i was concerned and full of anxiety and nervous and worried. the people in the district attorney s office said this will be handled professionally, this will be handled skillfully and
he faced it down, he answered the questions and he s moving on and his career isn t suffering at all. reporter: halderman begins serving his sentence in two months. as part of the plea arrangement, he cannot discuss or profit in any way from this case. lawrence? rehema ellis, thank you. last night, ken starr, of all people, made his debut with me on countdown to attack the shameful rhetoric coming from liz chain be lawyers representing terror suspects. tonight we bring you another prominent conservative attorney. david rivkin on the dangers of liz cheney s legal opinions next.
the man who attempted to blackmail david letterman. former cbs news producer robert halderman admitted he tried to extort millions from the late show host. letterman told viewers about the plot last october while confessing to affairs with female staffers. as for mr. haldeman, his storytelling ended today. our correspondent is rehema ellis. reporter: robert haldeman, a longtime journalist at cbs told the court he was remorseful for attempting to blackmail the talk show host about his relationship with stephanie burkett, letterman s employee and haldeman s former live-in girlfriend. this was a thinly veiled threat to ruin mr. letterman if he did not pay me a lot of money. he was sentenced to six months in jail, five years probation and 1,000 hours of community service. i apologize to mr. letterman, his family, to stephanie burkett, to her family and certainly my friends and family.
and his career isn t suffering at all. reporter: halderman begins serving his sentence in two months. as part of the plea arrangement, he cannot discuss or profit in any way from this case. lawrence? rehema ellis, thank you. last night, ken starr, of all people, made his debut with me on countdown to attack the shameful rhetoric coming from his cheney about lawyers representing terror suspects. tonight we bring you another prominent conservative attorney. david rivkin on the dangers of liz cheney s legal opinions next. big our community is, how do we know how big our hospitals need to be? the census helps us know exactly what we need, so everyone can get their fair share of funding. we can t move forward until you mail it back. 2010 census.
blackmail david letterman. former cbs news producer robert halderman admitted he tried to extort millions from the late show host. letterman told viewers about the plot last october while confessing to affairs with female staffers. as for mr. haldeman, his storytelling ended today. our correspondent is rehema ellis. reporter: robert haldeman, a longtime journalist at cbs told the court he was remorseful for attempting to blackmail the talk show host about his relationship with stephanie burkett, letterman s employee and haldeman s former live-in girlfriend saying, this was a thinly veiled threat to ruin mr. letterman if he did not pay me a lot of money. as a plea bargain, he was sentenced to six months in jail, five years probation and 1,000 hours of community service. i apologize to mr. letterman, his family, to stephanie burkett, to her family and certainly my friends and family. reporter: his defense attorney explained why haldeman