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    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    10/15/09

    In reply to Search Warrants For Letterman's Alleged Extortionist Unsealed
    I'm calling HBO and pitching The Late Shift 2: The Player. It's like The Late Shift meets The Player. I see Julia Roberts as Halderman. #davidletterman
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    Image of Swifter Swifter
    10/15/09

    In reply to Search Warrants For Letterman's Alleged Extortionist Unsealed
    Well, at least we know where Letterman stands in relation to Elliot Spitzer, Client #9. #davidletterman
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    Image of Magister Magister
    10/06/09

    In reply to Did Letterman's Blackmailer Get the Idea From One of His CBS News Stories?
    I think it's probably more of a case, where Halderman had some collateral and thought he could couch it as a movie pitch to cover his butt.

    I don't have time to properly Google this minute, but haven't there been other allegations of people buying movie or book rights to scuttle damaging works, or were those all just plots from Rockford Files?
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    Image of Bobby Big Wheel Bobby Big Wheel
    10/06/09

    In reply to Did Letterman's Blackmailer Get the Idea From One of His CBS News Stories?
    Actually, Joe got the idea for shady underhanded dealings from his uncle, H.R.
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    Image of stew stew
    10/06/09

    In reply to Did Letterman's Blackmailer Get the Idea From One of His CBS News Stories?
    I'll take "things that are completely unrelated except they both involve a dollar sign and something someone sorta wants revealed except the other is something someone does not want revealed or something" for eight zillion, Alex.
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    Image of Joey Michaels Joey Michaels
    10/06/09

    In reply to Did Letterman's Blackmailer Get the Idea From One of His CBS News Stories?
    This is a thoughtful, interesting article, but can we get back to condemning Dave for having sex with his subordinates so we can help make sure that the next celebrity thinks twice before going to the police and reporting extortion? I mean, if I ever need a quick pile of cash, I'd just as soon that celebrities realize going public with their scandals is going to be a bigger pain in the ass than just paying me off.
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    Image of Airvault Airvault
    10/06/09

    In reply to Did Letterman's Blackmailer Get the Idea From One of His CBS News Stories?
    It's 48 Hours! All they show are extortion stories.
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    Image of AndPreciousLittleofThat AndPreciousLittleofThat
    10/06/09

    In reply to Did Letterman's Blackmailer Get the Idea From One of His CBS News Stories?
    Why couldn't his last story be one about, say, catching Osama bin Laden? Or an expose about kids who love cupcakes?

    Watching two pigs wrestle in the mud is boring, even if one of those pigs is marginally funny.
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    Image of SpyMagician SpyMagician
    10/04/09

    In reply to Purported Letterman Blackmailer Slept With Colleagues Himself, Colleagues Say
    "This is not a bad man."

    I absolutely love it whenever someone like this is called "not a bad man."

    • I knew a guy who beat his girlfriend, and his friends called him a "good guy."
    • I had a friend of a friend get divorced because her husband was in debt to some loan sharks AND he didn’t spend time with his family. And he was "not a bad guy."
    • I knew some other guy who would sleep with co-workers, steal their clients, and find ways to push the women out of the office. Verdict? "He was ambitious but a good guy."

    You know what? Someone acts like an a-hole call them an a-hole. I'm tired of hearing idiots who destroy the lives of others called "good" or have excuses tossed their way.
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    Image of PandoraSpocks PandoraSpocks
    10/03/09

    In reply to Purported Letterman Blackmailer Slept With Colleagues Himself, Colleagues Say
    Okay, let's open the big can of truth:

    How many women out there (okay, teh gays can vote too) have ever had a crush on and willingly slept with their boss?

    My hand is up.
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    Image of JudyPaceFace JudyPaceFace
    10/03/09

    @PandoraSpocks:
    Guess I've been working at the wrong places. Never once even remotely been attracted to one of my bosses.
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    PandoraSpocks promoted this comment JudyPaceFace was starred JudyPaceFace was unstarred
    Image of PandoraSpocks PandoraSpocks
    10/04/09

    @JudyPaceFace: This was before I was married, but he was damned good looking...
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    Image of lilrhody lilrhody
    10/03/09

    In reply to Purported Letterman Blackmailer Slept With Colleagues Himself, Colleagues Say
    Um, anybody but me think it's pretty lame to extort someone and take a CHECK? Isn't that against the extortion code or something?
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    Image of lobstr lobstr
    10/03/09

    @lilrhody: srsly... total paper trail. What do you suppose was written in the "memo" field?
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    Image of GooberSaysHey GooberSaysHey
    10/03/09

    In reply to Purported Letterman Blackmailer Slept With Colleagues Himself, Colleagues Say
    Yes, but who will play him in the Law & Order episode?
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    Pope John Peeps II promoted this comment GooberSaysHey was starred GooberSaysHey was unstarred
    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    10/03/09

    @GooberSaysHey: David Letterman, of course.
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    Image of Duck_Lips Duck_Lips
    10/03/09

    In reply to Purported Letterman Blackmailer Slept With Colleagues Himself, Colleagues Say
    His life seems to be mirroring the lives and sad tales he produced for "48 Hours." Hopefully "Dateline" will eventually cover it.
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    SybilDisobedience promoted this comment Duck_Lips was starred Duck_Lips was unstarred
    Image of SybilDisobedience SybilDisobedience
    10/03/09

    @Duck_Lips: I'm hoping 48 Hours covers it! They've got all the inside details!
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    Image of T-RO T-RO
    10/03/09

    In reply to Purported Letterman Blackmailer Slept With Colleagues Himself, Colleagues Say
    the inescapable fact: both of these men are ugly. At least Letterman's loaded and funny.
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    Image of ZahidRizza ZahidRizza
    10/02/09

    In reply to Purported Letterman Blackmailer Slept With Colleagues Himself, Colleagues Say
    I do not necessarily excuse Letterman's behavior, but he is a millionaire who is probably buried in hot young women who want a piece of that. I don't know that I would not have a moment of weakness under the same circumstances. Halderman, on the other hand, seems to be a prototypical power-abusing creep in the entertainment industry. I am sorry that Dave succumbed to temptaion once or twice, but he is not the bad guy here.
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    SybilDisobedience promoted this comment ZahidRizza was starred ZahidRizza was unstarred
    Image of SybilDisobedience SybilDisobedience
    10/03/09

    @ZahidRizza: 6 of one, half-dozen of the other. They're both men of power who took advantage of the plethora of young women eager to get a foothold in the TV industry. Dave's got a lot more money and name recognition, but in the grand scheme of things I don't think they're so different.
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    Image of SybilDisobedience SybilDisobedience
    10/03/09

    @SybilDisobedience: And by "took advantage of" I don't mean to imply that they manipulated women or used them callously, just that they had the opportunity to sleep with multiple women and they took it. The women they slept with were equal partners in the give and take, I'm sure.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/03/09

    @SybilDisobedience: equality is a tricky thing in workplace/power relationshiops. even if the younger, less established, less powerful, less wealthy person believes they are acting freely, when there are consequences or if there is fallout, the outcomes are rarely symmetrical
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    Image of SybilDisobedience SybilDisobedience
    10/03/09

    @if_i_only_had_a_heart: Yes, I agree. Didn't mean to imply that the players in the game are necessarily on a level field, professionally or personally - one of them usually has a lot more to lose even if they have less distance to fall in the public eye. I was just trying to clarify that I wasn't calling Letterman or Haldermann rapists in so many words.
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