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David Letterman's Alleged Blackmailer Headed to Court; Sources Say Halderman Intent on Trial, Raising Money For Defense
David Letterman's Alleged Blackmailer Headed to Court; Sources Say Halderman Intent on Trial, Raising Money For Defense
Joe Halderman, the CBS News producer accused of attempting to extort $2 million from CBS Late Show star David Letterman, will be headed to a Manhattan court on Tuesday morning for the first hearing in the criminal case against him. Will Mr. Halderman, as it is widely assumed, try and reach a ...
Letterman Surprise: Halderman Wants a Trial
Letterman Surprise: Halderman Wants a Trial
observer.com — David Letterman's accused extorter, Joe Halderman, is due in court tomorrow morning, and Felix Gillette reports that he's expected to take the case to trial--so said Dr. Bob Arnot, "a friend and former colleague of Mr. Halderman," over the weekend. ... Letterman Surprise: Halderman Wants a Trial
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Halderman Heads to Court Tomorrow
mediabistro.com: TVNewser — ... NY Observer's Felix Gillette reports that a quick plea agreement, which has financial benefits for Halderman and would save Letterman further embarrassment, is looking unlikely: ...

Anyone With a Grudge Against David Letterman Welcome to Contribute to Robert ‘Joe’ Halderman’s Defense Fund
Vulture — ... , one David Letterman. It has been a little over a month since the bizarre details of this case first came to light, a period of time in which much has been made of Halderman's alleged financial problems. Because of these hardships, many had assumed that Halderman would roll into court tomorrow and look to cut a plea deal with prosecutors so he could go move on with his life. However, according to an article in today's New York Observer, it appears as if Halderman is steeling himself for a protracted legal fight: Over the last month and change, he has been hard at work ...

David Letterman's accused blackmailer heading to court
From Inside the Box — ... The hearing scheduled for Tuesday in the David Letterman extortion case is a pretty routine one, but it's looking like it will be the first of many to come. According to a couple of reports, Robert Joe Halderman , the CBS News producer who's charged with trying to extort $2 million from Letterman, doesn't want to take a plea bargain in the case and is gearing up to go to trial. Bob Arnot, a former NBC News correspondent and a friend of Halderman's, tells the New York Observer that Halderman has raised $100,000 for his defense and is prepared to put the case before a jury. ...

Halderman wants to go to trial
TV Squad — ... So far, he's got two things going for him: a whirlwind of press surrounding his case and the fallout of his arrest and money. The New York Observer reports he's raised almost $100,000 in legal funds for his case. ...

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