Talk show host David Letterman has confessed to having sexual relations with a number of his female staff members.
The startling admission, delivered during a live show, comes after the 62-year-old’s colleague Robert Halderman was arrested in relation to the case.
Speaking on his own show, Letterman told viewers he’d been the victim of a $2 million extortion attempt and that the blackmailer had threatened to write a screenplay and book about the affairs.
Letterman, who’s been married for five years and has a young son, reported the threats to police. He then made the decision to go public about the case before the press got wind of it.
“Would it be embarrassing if it were made public? Perhaps it would, especially for the women,” he said on the show.
“I feel like I need to protect these people. I need to certainly protect my family.”
Robert Halderman has since been charged with attempted first degree grand larceny and faces five to 15 years in jail if found guilty.
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