Robert Halderman apologizes to Letterman for trying to extort $2M. March 9, 2010— -- The television news producer accused of trying to blackmail David Letterman for $2 million by exposing the ...

A CBS newsman who prosecutors said was desperate and deep in debt was charged yesterday with trying to blackmail David Letterman for $2 million in a plot that forced the late-night comic to ...

Producer pleads not guilty in attempt to extort money from David Letterman. This image rendered form video shows David Letterman as he tells his story during a taping of his late-night show Thursday.