David Letterman blackmailed over alleged affairs
I got a tip from several readers that David Letterman told his TV show audience tonight that he was blackmailed over his sexual trysts with staffers. One source says Letterman’s cast and crew have been told in a memo from a Rob Burnett not to post anything on any social networking sites and to refer media inquiries to Rubenstein Communications.
On Twitter, tourist Joseph Dawson says that Letterman told the audience police arrested the alleged extortionist.
Here’s a news item in Variety just out tonight:
In an uncharacteristically personal revelation for David Letterman, the host took to his “Late Show” stage Thursday to admit that he was the victim of an extortion attempt — and acknowledge that he has had sexual relations with more than one staff member.
According to a press release sent by Letterman’s PR reps, the host first received a package three weeks ago from someone who claimed to have information about alleged sexual relations he has had with female employees of the “Late Show.”
The individual threatened to go public with the allegations unless Letterman paid him $2 million.
Letterman told his audience on Thursday that he contacted the Manhattan District Attorney’s Special Prosecution Bureau. That led to a sting operation, in which Letterman met with the individual and handed the person a fake $2 million check. That person was arrested on Thursday.
“This morning, I did something I’ve never done in my life,” Letterman said on Thursday’s edition of CBS’ “Late Show.” “I had to go downtown and testify before a grand jury.”
As part of the testimony, Letterman admitted that he had engaged in sexual relationships with staff members.
“My response to that is, yes I have. Would it be embarrassing if it were made public? Perhaps it would,” Letterman said. “I feel like I need to protect these people — I need to certainly protect my family.”
Very sorry to hear about the blackmail attempt. That’s a hellish and terrible thing for anyone to go through.
As for the affairs with staff members and the damage done to his family, though, you can’t be too surprised given Letterman’s contempt for women.
Hollyweird strikes again.
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Flashback: Letterman mocking Mark Sanford’s infidelity (as yes, I still want Sanford to go!)…
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Letterman is a disgusting pervert. I guess karma bit him in the butt. Blackmail is awful, but his lack of respect for women is grotesque.
Stupid Human Tricks
Is Letterman still on?
From old pervs perhaps. He didn’t accord much respect to the Palins.
So, he cheats on his longtime girlfriend who he finally married like what, after 20 years? Has a child out of wedlock, trashes 14 year old daughters of VP presidential candidates.
Typical liberal.
I have no sympathy for this loser after what he did to Sarah Palin and her family.
NONE whatsoever.
This will give his show a ratings boost and increase his popularity, at least with the left that mostly makes up his audience.
Who’s Letterman? Is he in the Obama Administration?
David Letterman,
Will You Please Go NOW!!!
I hear that Woody Allen and Roman Polanski have signed a petition to release David Letterman from any and all responsibility for his actions. However, the terms of the petition insist that Dave flee to Europe and marry his step-daughter to accept the absolution.
Whoopi Goldberg said this was okay because it’s not like “extortion extorion.”
Karma is a beeaatch…
Top Ten Things Staff Members Say:
10. Will it float?
9. So this is what you mean by “More with Less!”
8. Who’s “on” tonight?
to be cont…
7. No thanks, I’d prefer a “monologue”
to be cont…
Ah-ha-ha-ha… Sorry, I lost myself for a moment. Gosh, that’s too bad. Ah-ha-ha-…
Letterman had this coming…no sympathy from me.
Carson was so right when he chose to dump this loser.
Would not be surprised if this could be the last straw for Letterman. He could do infomercials (Top 10 reasons to buy the Sham-Wow).
Mr. Littleman keeps getting smaller and less relevant with every passing day.
Such is life.
Has he ever advanced fidelity and the sanctity of marriage? Is he a hypocrite?
Will he ridicule himself as he has ridiculed others? Maybe. He has made fun of his own marriage in the past.
I wonder if Lettermen will still be on TV when Sarah is President??
All will be quiet in a day or two. The MSM will protect their own.
On the other hand, if Glenn Beck or Bill O’Reilly were in the same situation:
Media Saturation
Totally. It’s just like these Republican pols’ scandals over the past few years, except Letterman had sex with *women* (guess the contempt he harbors wasn’t enough to make him go for guys/become a conservative).
zyzzyg,
Seriously, is it necessary for every left-wing nut to defend every other left-wing nut every time they step in it in front of a few million people? Do you believe in the concept of right and wrong?
Like most people I am willing to bet Dave advanced both “fidelity” and “sanctity of marriage” when he stood in front of the people at his wedding and recited his vows that almost universally pledge “fidelity” and “sanctity of marriage.” Now, we know for sure that leftist wingnuts like you and Dave don’t put any value at all on your promises. Thanks for pointing that out.
And, zyzzyg, he IS ridiculing him self every time he does things like this and attacking Palin’s daughter. And you ridicule yourself every time you defend one of the other scumbag left-wing hacks when they do something so horribly wrong.
Shame is helpful when nothing else works. You should consider it if you ever consider anything.
I would like to see alot of his guests have to do the same.
It would appear Mr. Letterman has discovered he is living in a glass house. Suddenly his rock pile does not appear to be all that inviting anymore.
The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine.
We don’t know that yet, nyk. We don’t know their genders.
We only know that he had sex with more than one employee of the show. These are people who worked for him. These are people he had power and authority over. These are people he could have coerced and pressured. This is what leftists used to call wrong until they were caught doing it repeatedly. And then suddenly it is okay…
Do you even know the meaning of the word “hypocrite?”
The guy’s a sleazeball. Nothing more.
Watch Hollyweird defend Letterman’s affairs.
No, it is not necessary for every left wing nut to defend every other left wing nut. I suppose every left wing nut can defend themselves. So, if you want to defend Letterman, that is your perogative.
Yes, I believe in the concept of right and wrong.
Ummm, when was he married, and when did he have his dalliances with his staff? I did not note where it said he did it while he was married. Do you know more than what is being reported?
I am not a leftist wingnut. And you know nothing about the promises I make, or even if I do make promises.
Avoid making assumptions and assigning labels when you do not know what the facts are. Try asking a question before making assertions.
An interesting characterization, though as a comedian I expect him to ridicule, be ironic, be sarcastic, to be flippant, etc. Especially, since he is an entertainer trying to be funny. No doubt he has gone over the line.
You must have me confused with what someone else has said? I acknowledged what sometimes happens in life, and then asked a couple of questions. I did not defend him. In fact if there is more to learn, and I am sure there is, it may very well prove to be enlightening. Like if he was married while he was diddling his staff.
Agreed.
An you should consider avoiding conjecture.
Gah… the moral equivalency brigade is crawling out from under their rocks already.
And the moral equivalence doesn’t work because as is proven on this site and other conservative sites, conservatives CALL OUT the hypocritical and immoral on THEIR side… while typical LEFTISTS IGNORE it on THEIR side.
Leftists prove DAILY they have ZERO morals and ZERO integrity. I have come to expect none, yet it still astounds me how quick they are to excuse all manner of unethical behavior when the person shares their political ideology.
Yet these are the people who think they can usher in some kind of utopia and try to make themselves out to be the defenders of the downtrodden and oppressed. Sickening.
Top Ten reasons I shtupped my staff:
1.Roman Polanski told me it was cool and jizzy.
2.Roman Polanski told me it was cool and jizzy.
3.Roman Polanski told me it was cool and jizzy.
4.Roman Polanski told me it was cool and jizzy.
5. The girls loved it, especially knowing that they would not keep their jobs otherwise.
6. The girls loved it, especially knowing that they would not keep their jobs otherwise.
7. The girls loved it, especially knowing that they would not keep their jobs otherwise.
8. The girls loved it, especially knowing that they would not keep their jobs otherwise.
9. I’m a hypocritical liberal a**hole.
And the Number One Reason I shtupped my staff:
SARAH PALIN MADE ME DO IT.
Ick.
I always watched Letterman, going through college and my young adulthood. Honestly, I never liked Jay Leno…he is a goofball who laughed at his own jokes. Letterman has always been funnier to me.
But, like a lot of “funny” people (at least he used to be, haven’t watched him in years), their own personal lives are a disgusting mess. Sure looks the case here, he really looks like a freaking train-wreck.
One problem is that his political bias seems to have really creeped into his act. Maybe it was there before, and I didn’t pay attention. I admit, I hate to have to think about the political leanings of artists I watch/listen to.
I’d never wish extortion on anybody, but dang, what a mess Letterman got himself into. Having sex with staffers? That is awfully inappropriate.
Yes. He’s the Procurement Czar for the Youth Outreach Plan as proposed by Roman Polanski to the Administration. Letterman shares an office with Kevin Jennings in the Pervs R Us Federal Building.
Sounds like an incredibly stupid blackmailer, to boot. If the guy had openly approached Letterman to interview him on the record for Letterman’s “side of the story” in a scandal tell-all book, Letterman would have would have been eager to toss megabucks the guy’s way as hush money.
Makes me wonder how many out of court settlements Dave The Perv has paid out to keep staffers from going public through the courts. Sex in exchange for keeping your job is a lawsuit motherlode – so I also wonder how many lawyers will be tracking down the (I assume) female employees.
His wife is NOT very pretty. Probably true of his “lovers” as well.
Who cares? Not I…
Someone dared to mess with the “Comedy Czar”?
From the Home Office, the top ten reasons why Hollywood has Letterman’s back…
10. He makes fun of Republicans.
9. Leads the Palin Abuse Squad.
8. He laughs at everyone else’s problems while ignoring his own.
7. Buttafuoco…that’s Buttafuoco…
6. Where else could Paul Schaffer pick up a paycheck?
5. Now wishes he put Polanski in ill-fated joke rather than A-Rod.
4. Poster boy for early orthodontic PSA
3. He was relevent…once…
2. Where else are you going to hawk that no-talent, $100 million flop that is just about to go direct-to-video?
1. Really doesn’t like Sarah Palin.
MM,
How is it alleged when he admitted he has had numerous sexual encounters with his staff members?
the tiffany network my……..
what a steaming cesspool
another CBS employee was arrested for the extortion lololo
Dan Blather must be laughing
Maybe this episode will serve as a starting point for Dave’s transformation? – per the following phrase:
“A republican is nothing but a democrat who got mugged.”
Who’s David Letterman again?
You can hear the laughing all the way back to Wasilla, Alaska….
Letterman increasingly becomes Lesserman.
There is no proof nor admission from Letterman that he actually had an affair with either the blackmailer or anyone else the blackmailer was alleging. Of course we can pretty much assume that whatever it was was true because Dave would not have otherwise gone to the authorities to stop them. You don’t call someone’s hand if you actually know they are holding better cards than you.
Outside of rare instances concerning unusual, difficult to disprove, circumstances, blackmail doesn’t work well unless you actually have something with which to threaten the victim.
That’s it! Letterman was victim of soykumstances!
link
I never trusted that David Letterman. He always struck me as a slutty-stewardess type who projects too much.
Hopefully she’s getting a good and well derserved chuckle to herself out of this but, as entertaining as it would be to hear Sarah publicly mocking him with faux sympathy, — I do not think we’ll ever hear her do it because I do think there is a single Schadenfreude sarcasm bone in her body; she’s just too good inside, (the foundational reason that liberals hate her so much).
I stopped watching him because of his liberal leanings a long time ago…
I agree: Sarah has far too much class to deal with the likes of Lesserman in any but a sympathetic way. With a touch of poetic justice…
Wanna puke? SF Chronicle claims Letterman’s finest hour.
No sympathy here. He made his own choices. Just another Hollywood loser!
Who’s this Letterman guy?
Well Dave, point a finger at someone and 4 others are pointing back at you.
Then I take it a David Letterman Defense Fund is out of the question? Oh well, perhaps one of those relationships gave him something ugly.
What a dumba$$. I really just feel like laughing at him, however, no doubt there were some innocent people that were hurt here.
As far as his marriage, *shrug* I don’t judge, who knows what goes on in people’s marriages. However, banging your staff is absolutely eff’ed up.
What a d|ck.
Apprently nyk is a homophobe.
I wonder if he “knocked her up” and if his partner (or is she a wife) he has a child with, got as big a chuckle outta this news as his Palin stand-up routine got?
Letterman has chosen the Dan Rather/John Edwards lib career path;
1. Disgracing himself
2. Making public fool of himself
3. Losing a great gig
4. Expensive litigation he’ll lose
Now this Letterman affair story is funny…Letterman isn’t.
On October 1st, 2009 at 10:59 pm,
There is alway the “moral equivalency” card.
If someone tries to live an honest, moral life and screws up along the way are they a hypocrite? Liberals always seem to be saying the way to go is to be a real lowlife scumbag who no one will be surprized to see, for example, banging his staff members. That way they can never be a hypocrite, the standand name to call someone who at least tries to do the right thing.
More of the upside down world we live in.
Protect them from what, STDs?
Or perhaps he is jealous of the female staffers Letterman nailed
Sounds like a pretty clear confession to me, DWDhunds:
“This morning, I did something I’ve never done in my life,” said Letterman, on the program, “I had to go downtown and testify before a grand jury,” where he acknowledged sexual relationships “with members of his staff,” according to a statement released Thursday night, a few hours after taping.
“My response to that is, yes I have [had the relationships]. Would it be embarrassing if it were made public? Perhaps it would,” he said. “I feel like I need to protect these people – I need to certainly protect my family.”
Letterman extortion attempt
You know liberals have those “open” marriages. Maybe his wife has known all along. I wonder if the women know he has used several staffers for sex. This could cause one to come forward to tell her story, because she now feels betrayed and used.
Don’t hold your breath…you’ll merely turn a funny blue color and get a headache.
After all…he is a Liberal, and at their core, all Liberals are hypocrites and this is nothing more than a chance to practice his favorite past time.’
NYK,
You seem to believe that everyone on this list rallied behind Sanford, Craig, Foley, etc when their behaviors became public. I’m quite certain that MM – and 99% of those who commented – were appalled by their behavior.
Regardless of the gender of their sexual partners.
You, however, seem to be of the opinion that Letterman is “better” than republicans who were in similar situations because “at least Letterman had affairs with women” (not a direct quote). Your form of subtle gay-bashing is typical of the hypocrisy of the left. Democrats claim to be the “champion of the oppressed”, but display bias to anyone who pays any attention at all.
What is littleman upset about
It is just a variation on pay to play
Boo Hoo…. I feel so bad for him.
/sarc-off
He hurts people around him. He caused pain and suffering to his family and abused his staff. He is a walking disaster. For what reason should he continue to have a tv show?
Saw the YouTube video of his “confession,” which I thought he treated like a ratings-boosting joke. And people clapped! Can you believe it? Not that this changes anything, but why would anyone look to Dave Letterman for an opinion on anything? And yet…
I won’t look at The View, but I’d be surprised if Whoopie didn’t come to his defense … right up there with Roman “Pedophile” Polanski.
How does this dumbass keep his job? Oh right! He’s an ultra liberal Hollywood voice for the left wing.
He’s pathetic. His wife, if she stays with him, is possibly more pathetic.
Letterman’s affair with his ‘staff’…ya see; now that’s really funny!
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what bothers me about your post is your immediate bashing of Republicans. You are either a stupid hypocrite or just stupid.
When I hear about the infidelities of a person, be it Sanford, Clinton, Spitzer or any of the many, many elected officials who sin against their wives and God, I don’t stop to think about their party affiliation. I think about the family that they are betraying and how sad it is that they have succumbed to the temptations that public life often brings.
You, on the other hand, seem to be keeping a running tally and delight if it is a Republican. You minimize the Democrat who sins but bash the Republican. I think they all should be removed from office when their integrity has been compromised.
I listen to idiots like you who argue that Clinton was a great president who had a little problem. You condemn Sanford and Foley as being the scum of the earth. In my opinion they are all scum.
Your sanctimonious posts show that you have no real mind of your own but can spout the party talk like a Chatty Cathy doll. Do yourself a favor and start thinking for yourself.
Whoopi: “It wasn’t sexual sexual! And besides, that’s what staff are for!”
Yes, I’m not disagreeing that he confessed to sex with female staff but I feel MM is nonetheless correct to put in the CYA ‘alleged’ despite his confession. We do not know who these staffers are; what happens if they all deny anything happened at all and then Letterman says he was somehow extorted into making the confession? There isn’t enough evidence just yet to take away the ‘alleged’ IMO.
A position has just opened up on my staff. Heh.
Seriously though, I feel kind of terrible for these girls. This is going to stay with them for a long time. Think of the stupid things you did when young (I am going to assume these are fairly young ladies). When you screw up when you are young you expect that you get heartbroken, laughed at by your “friends,” and chastised by your family. You don’t expect to get national attention.
Heck, of course everyone remembers Monica Lewisky. Poor girl. For the rest of her life its going to be:
Monica: “Hi, I am Monica Lewisky.”
Random stranger: *giggle*
Monica: *sigh*
Anyhow, look for the book deals.
Even though they have arrested the person involved, can’t they still tell their story. So what did he accomplish as far as protecting people.
The crowd was clearly confused. They just weren’t certain whether he was being 100% serious or setting them up for some kind of joke. After all, they all filed into the studio expecting some cheap laughs – not a half-asped, minimized, woaa-is-me kind of confession.
Amazes me that people come to Letterman’s defense saying, well maybe he wasn’t married at the time of these affairs.
So it makes it OK to fool around behind your girlfriend’s back just because you’re not married yet? You know, the mother of your son?
Moral equivalence of the left.
No wonder it took Letterman over 20 years to commit to his girlfriend. And it’s pathetic for her to have stuck around that long.
Amazes me that people come to Letterman’s defense saying, well maybe he wasn’t married at the time of these affairs.
So it makes it OK to fool around behind your girlfriend’s back just because you’re not married yet? You know, the mother of your son?
Moral equivalence of the left.
No wonder it took Letterman over 20 years to commit to his girlfriend. And it’s pathetic for her to have stuck around that long.
That really doesn’t make any sense, DWDhunds. Especially since he obviously has no problem reporting extortion. The only thing that bothered him was that his diddling of the help could cost him money (via the attempted extortion).
This is as just it seems; another amoral sexual prowler Hollyweirder-type run amok with his underlings. It’s a varation of the “Casting Couch” at work.
As I sez above, unless he’s paid off the girls out of court, I expect at least one of ‘em will be hookin’ up again – this time with a lawyer. Still extortion, but it’s legal extortion.
Letterman?
[YAWN]
Letterman is looking for a girl to serve under him in a variety of positions.
(Another old salacious joke.)
I’d bet on lawsuits instead of tell all books, ZA, but it’s since not an either-or thing there could be both coming down the pike.
Making the assumption that there is no reason to suspect that the affairs he had with these women were anything other than consensual with no strings attached – they have their own lives to consider, (maybe some were married? etc.), and they will not want to be identified/connected to any of this.
There’s no stained blue dress…
I think it’s most telling that he can’t say with certainty that he would/should be embarrassed by this situation being made public.
Also, it’s nice how he thinks that turning in the blackmailer is how to protect his family. I’d think not having illicit affairs with employees would be a better way to protect your family – but what do I know? I’m still clinging to my guns and religion.
If Mr. Letterman had any sense of decency, #4 would be “R. Budd Dwyer maneuver”
Ultimately it is always the right move to go to the authorities because some the alternative outcomes in these situations can be rather grim in comparision.
“Flashback: Letterman mocking Mark Sanford’s infidelity”
A liberal hypocrite…now that’s something you don’t see often!
/sarc
And people thought Palin was overreatcing when she said she wouldn’t want him anywhere near her daughters.
I refuse to read anything about Letterman or Polanski because I will not read People Magazine, US weekly, National Enquirer, etc. The magazines and shows like TMZ teach a message that the lives of show biz people are so much better than our own and the show biz crowd is superior to us and our lives are pathetically dull and we should live vicariously through these stars and starlets. Polanski apparently had a habit of going to hot tub parties with teen age girls when he was in his 40s. The guy is just a kook but at least he was apolitical. Letterman was always taking cheap shots at conservatives and ridiculing conservatives as boring, nerdy, uncool people. His suckup interview with Obama was so over the top in its gushing that it was embarrasing even for Obama. I knew that Letterman was in love with Michelle Obama but he seemed almost libidinous with Barack. For all those Republicans like Bob Dole and John McCain, who regularly went on Letterman and allowed Letterman to make them the butt of his jokes, I have nothing but scorn for you. I reserve a special spot in Hades for John McCain who went on Letterman’s show in October, 2008 after Letterman savaged him for months and McCain allowed Letterman to make a fool of him as an old coot once more.
I’m not surprised at all. Letterman strikes me as a sexist lech. God knows how many settlements he’s had to pay to avoid messy sexual harassment suits. I also have to wonder how many of his starlet guests he’s banged over the years, or tried to.
All in all, a VERY bad week for showbiz.
I’d say what’s missing in that assumption is the smell of money, DWDhunds. Unless he got the girls to sign contracts attesting there were no pressure and waiving their rights, he set himself up for big trouble. There’s a lotta bosses/companies who’ve paid dearly when the boss treated the employees as his personal harem.
Not only them, those who believed that they were passed up for promotion because they either resisted the advances or, especially, because they received no advances at all. This could yet become a permanent cul-de-sac for Dave’s career path. Hope springs eternal…
Let’s ask Bob Packwood what he thinks.
I have 2 letters for the Letterman. F & U. Has to protect his family? Sounds hollow coming from somone who has affairs. That’s not very protective and now we see why. Strange is an understatement.
Protect his family from what? Hearing their father joke that a 14-year old was knocked up by Alex Rodriguez at a Yankee game? Or from knowing the truth: that being a famous millionaire will get even the most creepy and disgusting people sex. I also wonder if Jay Leno, Conan, and the other Hollywood stand up tools will bring out the Letterman jokes; or is that only for when hated Republicans mess up?
So Letterman had to go public and admit that he is a lecherous old cad. Maybe there is some justice in the world after all.
Off topic note to admins: Oftentimes when I log in to this site, I cannot logout again?
Typical…a liberal makes fun of others who have affairs, but, when he does it, now I betcha hollyWEIRD will rally around him just like they have the child rapist film maker.
Letterman used his position to compromise his staffers. Last time I checked, this type of activity would get EEOC involved and lead to a tremendous set of civil lawsuit – and there might even be criminal activity involved as well if one of his subordinates solicited a new hire to make sure they were Letterman compliant.
I guess if you are a liberal the law and common decency do not apply.
So how big a family do you think he has?
Personal shopper for Xmas big?
Can’t remember all the little gap toothed bastards names big?
Special rolodex we keep in the lower drawer so we can get the birthdays straight big?
Remember that one lady, sold to us as a nut case stalker, arrested her multiple times inside david letterman’s compound, had the restraining order?
Soiled dove, or discarded intern, you make the call.
How many child support checks does he send out a month?
Is there a trusted stooge in accounting that takes care of it?
If there aren’t any little gap toothed bastards running around, does dave get frequent customer discount at the abortion clinic?
Does he have a special “Doc” on payroll?
Did this pass the President’s vetting process?
If you are waiting for the msm to provide the answers you will be waiting a very long time.
Personal memo for Dave: Pull your damned world wide pants up you sick peice of wacko.
About ten years ago I fired a long term employee for sexual harassment even though he had done far less than David Letterman has admitted to on air. (In fact, only for comments and physical groping in the office.)
I wonder if CBS would like to stand up and do the right thing and get this slarmy pervert off the air and back under the rock that he crawled out from under.
The assertion that sexual relations with a female subordinate are “consensual” are spurious – when one’s livelihood is at stake, nothing can be assumed.