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DAVID LETTERMAN NOT TELLING THE WHOLE TRUTH (New twist - Why a Check?)
National Enquirer ^ | Staff

Posted on 10/08/2009 11:26:26 AM PDT by canuck_conservative

The lawyer for Robert Joe Haldeman, the blackmailer accusing of extorting David Letterman says the gap toothed funny man's not telling the full story!

"Here's a guy who is an Emmy Award winning journalist, who has dealt with cops and wiretaps and undercover investigations virtually his entire life," Haldeman's defense attorney Gerald Shargel said today.

Shargel alleged that Letterman wasn't telling the whole story in last week's confessional that he was being blackmailed.

Cops say 48 Hours Mystery producer Haldeman offered to "sell" Letterman a "screenplay treatment" about the comedian's affairs with Late Show staffers including Dave and Haldeman ex Stephanie Birkitt.

In a sting operation, Halderman was busted depositing a check "designed to bounce" at his local bank, prosecutors said.

"There was a $2 million check," Shargel explained further.

"In the history of extortion, I don't think there's been a single case where the alleged extortionist took a check in payment.

"It just doesn't make any sense."

(Excerpt) Read more at nationalenquirer.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: creep; extortion; letterman; sleazeball
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To: Vaquero
The National Enquirer is the investigative publication that uncovered the Edwards story. Don't dismiss the story just because it's from them, imo.
41 posted on 10/08/2009 11:58:47 AM PDT by Fawnn (ObservationalTheraPist.com and CookingWithPam.com person - Faith makes things possible, not easy.)
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To: thefactor
tough call. evidently, he told letterman, "i'm giving you first crack at this. if you don't buy it for 2 million, i'll go to another company and sell it."

If he said that, then it probably meets the criteria for extortion. I don't know the exact law in New York, but I suspect that rises to the level of "threatening harm or embarrassment".

42 posted on 10/08/2009 11:58:48 AM PDT by justlurking (The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.)
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To: Paladin2

It’s only blackmail if he was promising to keep the story itself (not just the text of the screenplay treatment) silent in exchange for payment.

Meanwhile we STILL do not know who forged the National Guard memos, do we? Was there ever prosecution by the government for the forged officer’s signature?


43 posted on 10/08/2009 11:58:57 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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To: justlurking

Ron Jeremy?


44 posted on 10/08/2009 12:00:28 PM PDT by kabar
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To: Fawnn

The National Enquirer is run by friend of Bill.

John Edwards was being kept viable by the DNC run presstitutes to keep Hillary in a losing 3 way race for delegates. I doubt that NONE of them knew about his affair. The press has shown they will cover up personal failings. They let Obama continue to lie about his quitting tobacco.


45 posted on 10/08/2009 12:00:47 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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To: TChris
if you're trying to make it NOT look like extortion then you'd take a check.

"hey judge! why would anyone take a check who was committing extortion?!"

he was trying to make it look like a business deal. depends on the statutes and the ability of his lawyers.

46 posted on 10/08/2009 12:00:57 PM PDT by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: justlurking
"Who do you suppose would play Dave's part?"

This guy?


47 posted on 10/08/2009 12:08:39 PM PDT by OldDeckHand (No Socialized Medicine, No Way, No How, No Time)
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To: presently no screen name
Is that a recent picture?

He grew a beard after his bypass surgery.

48 posted on 10/08/2009 12:12:50 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: canuck_conservative

Yes like there is a reason his wife is hurt....it only ended weeks ago not a long time ago like he made it out to be?


49 posted on 10/08/2009 12:13:59 PM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: a fool in paradise
The National Enquirer is run by friend of Bill.

I fail to understand the logic of why being a "friend of Bill" discredits the National Enquirer story.

For what reason would Bill find it advantageous to out a crappy lib-friendly comedian?
50 posted on 10/08/2009 12:18:58 PM PDT by Fawnn (ObservationalTheraPist.com and CookingWithPam.com person - Faith makes things possible, not easy.)
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To: Mr. K

Uh, this happens to the rich & famous fairly often when a writer has a sordid story on someone.

The rich & famous buy the rights to the story. It is a shade away from blackmail - but perfectly legal.

Think about it. If a coworker knew you were having an affair and came to you and said he was going to write a story about an affair and was pretty sure anyone that read it would know it was you he was writing about - what he is doing is not illegal - and how much would you buy the story from him for?

My prediction: haldeman walks & writes a book about it.


51 posted on 10/08/2009 12:19:56 PM PDT by HD1200
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To: Fawnn

I didn’t bring it up to indicate why a National Enquirer story would be false. I brought it up to mention a possible reason that they were the ONLY media outlet pursuing the story behind John Edward’s bastard child.

The media covered it up to keep his candidacy viable and keep Hillary out.


52 posted on 10/08/2009 12:21:17 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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To: a fool in paradise

http://www.last.fm/music/Isaac+Guillory/Solo/Fool%27s+Paradise


53 posted on 10/08/2009 12:21:25 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
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To: chris_bdba
Now the tabloids are claiming an ugly divorce is looming for Letterman.

I always wondered what was Dave Letterman's obsession with Sarah Palin. I saw a picture of his wife, and maybe it is resentment that he is not married to someone who looks like Palin or Palin failed to show interest in him. Seems Letterman thinks he is God's gift to women.

Letterman's joke about Willow Palin was so over the top, much worse than anything Imus ever said.

54 posted on 10/08/2009 12:23:22 PM PDT by apocalypto
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To: TChris

Lets write Letterman’s monologue for him. I’ll start:

“Hi folks, people always complain that I keep this studio ice cold, but I how else am going to keep the intern’s headlights on?

Tough week for me folks. The National Enquirer is reporting that my wife is leaving me. Absolutely not true. She’s just going back to college—which mean our sex life should be heating up.

People say Dave if you were gonna cheat, why do it with some dumpy underling when you could have been banging models—But I follow Bill Clinton’s rule: It’s not sex if she doesn’t put down the Pringles can.

You know when you compare me to the other cheating scumbags out there I’m not that bad. I didn’t knock her up like Edwards. I didn’t run off to Argentina like Sanford. And most importantly, I didn’t misuse the international gay morse code like Larry Craig.”

Man I should have been a comedy writer lol.


55 posted on 10/08/2009 12:24:01 PM PDT by Callahan
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To: Callahan

You are off to a good start!


56 posted on 10/08/2009 12:27:54 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
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To: canuck_conservative

$2 million in twenties and hundreds? Letterman wouldn’t be able to lift it.


57 posted on 10/08/2009 12:32:34 PM PDT by Graybeard58 ( Selah.)
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To: Paladin2

More of my monologue:

Sexual harrassment is a huge problem in workplaces all over the country. Believe me I know. All I wanted to do was have sex, and now people won’t leave me alone.

The truth is I wasn’t cheating. I was just getting my prostrate checked by the same person who replaces my coffee filters.

Before any rumors get started, I absolutely did not need Viagra to humiliate my spouse on national television.

You know the real victim here is my son. He’s doesn’t have any employees to molest.


58 posted on 10/08/2009 12:39:26 PM PDT by Callahan
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To: justlurking

Another consideration

The police had Letterman’s attorney meet one more time (before the check was handed over), specifically for the purpose of getting Haldeman to say that he knew this was illegal, and was backmail, and reportedly Haldeman said, yes, he understood. This is supposedly on tape.


59 posted on 10/08/2009 12:41:08 PM PDT by i_dont_chat (Our black President is quite blackmailable.)
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To: Mr. K

Very creative story and semi-believable. Nice cover anyway. Can they prove different?


60 posted on 10/08/2009 12:42:43 PM PDT by altura
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