Robert J Halderman

Robert J Halderman

Robert J Halderman, commonly known as Joe Halderman, has been taken into custody over the extraordinary scenes that attended the attempt to blackmail David Letterman. Robert or Joe Halderman (not to be confused with either Joe Haldeman the sci-fi auther, nor Bob Haldeman, Nixon's aide at Watergate) is, or at least was until a day or two ago, a producer at the "48 Hours" show for CBS. As the AP report says, it wasn't Letterman who announced the name, rather CBS itself unofficially: The network said the person who was arrested works on the true-crime show "48 Hours" and has been suspended. A person with knowledge of the investigation said the suspect is Robert J. Halderman. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because authorities have not released the suspect's name. A "48 Hours" producer named Joe Halderman was part of a team nominated for an Emmy for outstanding continuing coverage of a news story in a news magazine in 2008. Two numbers listed for Halderman were disconnected, and a message left at a third number was not immediately returned Thursday.

Three weeks ago, Letterman said, he got in his car early in the morning and found a package with a letter saying, "I know that you do some terrible, terrible things and that I can prove that you do some terrible things." He acknowledged the letter contained proof. AP sources refer the venture as parliamentarian J. Halderman. Halderman, who has been suspended by the network, is covering charges of attempted noble stealing after allegedly gift the Late Show patron an ultimatum to clear up or to venture having his concern with someone exhibit employees be prefabricated public. During the recording of his CBS late-night exhibit in New royalty Thursday, Letterman discussed receiving a danger to either clear $2 meg or venture the relationships existence prefabricated public. A CBS News employee is accused of trying to extort $2 million from David Letterman, forcing the late-night host to admit in an extraordinary monologue before millions of viewers that he had sexual relationships with female employees.

Letterman said that "this whole thing has been quite scary." But he mixed in jokes while outlining what had happened to him, seeming to confuse a laughing audience at Thursday's taping about whether the story was true. The network said the person who was arrested works on the true-crime show "48 Hours" and has been suspended. A person with knowledge of the investigation said the suspect is Robert J. Halderman. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because authorities have not released the suspect's name. A "48 Hours" producer named Joe Halderman was part of a team nominated for an Emmy for outstanding continuing coverage of a news story in a news magazine in 2008. Two numbers listed for Halderman were disconnected, and a message left at a third number was not immediately returned Thursday. Three weeks ago, Letterman said, he got in his car early in the morning and found a package with a letter saying, "I know that you do some terrible, terrible things and that I can prove that you do some terrible things." He acknowledged the letter contained proof.