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    Purported Letterman Blackmailer Slept With Colleagues Himself, Colleagues Say

    Who Is David Letterman's Alleged Extortionist?
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Image of lobstr lobstr
    10/02/09

    In reply to Purported Letterman Blackmailer Slept With Colleagues Himself, Colleagues Say
    Gah, I don't know what it is about those douchebag mid-life crisis goatees these kinda guys grow, but it is not a surprise to see he has one. Srsly, let's just leave that for Robert Goulet.
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    Image of PandoraSpocks PandoraSpocks
    10/02/09

    @lobstr: Um, Bob is dead. But I see your point.
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    Image of phlox✔ phlox✔
    10/02/09


    Zombie Robert Ghoulet can still grow a better goatee than me (and you!).
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    Image of Mike Jahn Mike Jahn
    10/02/09

    @PandoraSpocks: The goatee hides the jowls and the turkey neck. Somebody told me that anyway, I wouldn't know on my own.
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    Image of jasonelias jasonelias
    10/02/09

    In reply to Purported Letterman Blackmailer Slept With Colleagues Himself, Colleagues Say
    I knew this was personal, I bet it's because Stephanie called out Dave's name during sex. Sex, this guy, David Letterman, Stephanie Birkett, it's an eww fest.
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    Image of LUV_TRUK LUV_TRUK
    10/02/09

    In reply to Purported Letterman Blackmailer Slept With Colleagues Himself, Colleagues Say
    If I ever get arrested, I hope they describe me as "brawling, hard-drinking". Add "drifter" in there and it's perfect.
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    10/02/09

    @LUV_TRUK: Ooh, yeah. And Lone Wolf.
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    Image of Island of Misfit Toys Island of Misfit Toys
    10/02/09

    @LUV_TRUK: and doesn't make friends easily, but he'll jump in front of a car for the ones he has...
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    Image of homovegetarian homovegetarian
    10/02/09

    In reply to Purported Letterman Blackmailer Slept With Colleagues Himself, Colleagues Say
    whoa! grown-ups hook up with other adults from work? in spite of company policies, and the generally poor ethics of sleeping with someone you supervise? i hope they aren't drinking alcohol on their lunch hours, too.
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    Image of muppet_baby muppet_baby
    10/02/09

    In reply to Purported Letterman Blackmailer Slept With Colleagues Himself, Colleagues Say
    See the thing is, if you try to extort somebody for millions of dollars, you ARE a bad person.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/02/09

    In reply to Purported Letterman Blackmailer Slept With Colleagues Himself, Colleagues Say
    toast
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    Image of lobstr lobstr
    10/02/09

    In reply to Who Is David Letterman's Alleged Extortionist?
    Jesus christ, his fb friends list is a virtual who's who of CBS News staffers..
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    Image of RandomLunatic RandomLunatic
    10/02/09

    @lobstr: Yes it is. A few of them are legends in the business.
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    Image of PandoraSpocks PandoraSpocks
    10/02/09

    @RandomLunatic: Not so much anymore...
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    Image of pollyannacowgirl pollyannacowgirl
    10/02/09

    In reply to Who Is David Letterman's Alleged Extortionist?
    Oh, right. He would have spent the money on CHILD SUPPORT.
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    Image of Conchie Birdie Conchie Birdie
    10/02/09

    @pollyannacowgirl: and by child support you mean 72-hour benders at mohegan sun.
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