| | |  Entertainment | October 2009 
A David Letterman Blackmail Sex Scandal?
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| | So, who had this kind of evidence against Letterman? CBS claims the blackmailer was a producer on the network program 48 Hours. | |
This just might have been the unsexiest week in sex. We kicked off last week with a reminder of Roman Polanski's sexual shenanigans (see Prison For Polanski?), thanks to his arrest in Zurich. And just when we thought the terrifying vivid dreams were over, David Letterman decided to tell his studio audience, along with the rest of America, that he's been having sex with some of his Late Show staff members. Now, this isn't as gross as when we found out that Bob Barker was sleeping with the Barker Beauties, but it's up there.
Letterman decided to tell his viewers last night that he was the victim of an attempted $2 million extortion scandal. A few weeks ago, the late-night talk show host found a package in the backseat of his car left by someone who claimed to have evidence that Letterman had - let's channel Bill Clinton here - "sexual relations" with some of his female staff members.
Instead of paying the guy out, Letterman decided to publicly own up to his deeds and help get the blackmailer arrested.
"This morning, I did something I've never done in my life," Letterman announced to his audience. "I had to go downtown and testify before a grand jury... 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... My response to that is, yes I have. Would it be embarrassing if it were made public? Perhaps it would."
OK, we're going to stop for a moment to collectively feel sick - alright, moving on:
"I feel like I need to protect these people," continued Letterman. "I need to certainly protect my family."
Side note: We're just going to throw this out there, but isn't protecting your family as simple as not shagging your office underlings in the first place? Right? OK, back to the arrest.
So Letterman got in touch with the Manhattan District Attorney's special prosecution bureau and agreed to take part in a sting operation. Letterman set up a meeting with his blackmailer, giving him a $2 million counterfeit check. The extortionist was arrested soon after. So, who had this kind of evidence against Letterman? CBS claims the blackmailer was a producer on the network program 48 Hours. Yikes.
Letterman may have done the noble thing in terms of the law, but we'll see how his marriage to Regina Lasko fairs now that his infidelities have been made public. Would it have been better for the talk show host - who certainly has $2 million to spare - to pay off the blackmailer and prevent his family from being publicly humiliated, or do you think he did the right thing by owning up to his character flaws? We can't help but laugh at the fact that Letterman's own production company is called Worldwide Pants Inc., despite the fact that he seems to have trouble keeping his own pants on. |
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