David Letterman Extortion Plot Revealed

By CMaclachlan on October 2nd, 2009

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People who tuned into David Letterman’s  “The Late Show” last night got  more than just jokes when Letterman revealed to the audience that he was the recent victim of extortion over his admitted sexual affairs with co-workers.

During the taping of his show in New York, Letterman told the confused audience that he was threatended to either pay $2 million, or risk the workplace trysts being made public. Explaining the string of events, Letterman said that three weeks ago he received a package from a person who claimed to have details about the relationships.

“In the back seat of my car, there’s a package that I don’t recognize,” he said. “What this is, is a guy is going to write a screenplay about me and he’s going to take all the terrible stuff that he knows about my life and he’s going to put it into a movie unless I give him some money.”

Letterman went on to explain that he had to testify before a grand jury, and acknowledge the sexual relationships with members of his staff as part of the extortion case.

“I was worried for myself, I was worried for my family,” he said. “I felt menaced by this, and I had to tell them all of the creepy things that I had done.”

“The creepy stuff was that I have had sex with women who work for me on this show,” he said.

Letterman went on to explain his role in the sting operation that saw the extortionist (rumoured to be a producer for CBS true crime show “48 Hours”) arrested and suspened from his job at the network.