Earlier this week, it was alleged that Stephanie Birkitt carried on her affair with David Letterman even as she lived with boyfriend Robert Halderman.
Halderman was arrested last week for attempting to bilk Letterman out of $2 million in exchange for keeping quiet about his interoffice romance(s).
Well, it looks like another factor on top of Birkitt's cheating may have motivated the CBS News producer - Letterman just plain didn't like the guy.
After Letterman broke up Stephanie Birkitt, a former Late Show staff member, and she began dating Halderman, Dave was not a fan, sources say.
Insiders say that Dave made it clear he didn't want her new 51-year-old producer boyfriend at any Late Show office parties and other staff events.
He wanted Stephanie there, just not her new squeeze.
Robert Halderman is accused of blackmailing David Letterman. But why?
That grudge may have driven Robert "Joe" Halderman's alleged plot to extort $2 million from Letterman by threatening to expose his sexcapades.
Letterman and Halderman Birkitt in common, but little else.
Halderman liked to live well, golf and party. Office affairs aside (Dave was also tied to Holly Hester), Letterman is private, reserved and geeky.
Even the cultures of their workplaces were poles apart.
The Late Show boss, who in March married longtime girlfriend Regina Lasko, might have been playing around, but the female staffers all loved working there.
"I would be shocked if someone came forward with a sexual-harassment complaint," a female insider said. "I've worked in a lot of places, and [The Late Show] is one of the better places for a woman. Dave's not a groper."
Birkitt has since been banned from the set of the Late Show.
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12 Comments
October 8th, 2009 10:22 AM
Well,it is easy for a creep to identify another creep....DAvid probably saw a lot of himself in this guy...
October 8th, 2009 10:53 AM
I dunno I like David Letterman he admitted he had an affair and stright up said im not gonna pay this ass hole so I think that takes balls. His personal life should not effect what people think about his show, no one is perfect adn everyone makes mistakes!
October 8th, 2009 12:34 PM
yeh he came out and said it. but he olny came out about it cuz he was fuc*ed. it was his last chance. haha he dosnt have balls. hes a loser. he had no other way to go. eather lose 2mil or be a man and suck it up
October 8th, 2009 1:21 PM
Such a silly situation. Halderman basically said, "well, I'm going down, might as well take the ship with me."
October 8th, 2009 4:21 PM
He was jelous on lettermen. That is why he is doing it.
October 8th, 2009 6:11 PM
he is soo jeloo.
October 8th, 2009 7:21 PM
this.story.needs.to.die!
He.isn't.the.first.guy.to.fuck.around!
October 8th, 2009 8:02 PM
OMG! im over this story
October 8th, 2009 9:53 PM
well of course he's lady slept with letterman
October 8th, 2009 9:55 PM
lol...the girl loves her wrinkly balls