Comments on: No one wins in David Letterman blackmail arrest

By: truthTIGER

truthTIGER — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:08:48 +0000

Just suspend his show until further investigation into this. I hate that he does whatever he wants, probably why i dont watch it for the last 10 years. Two Voices | Two Guys

By: joann

joann — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:05:57 +0000

DAVID LETTERMAN can say and do what ever he pleases and they clap! horrible anything go’s behavior in the US.

By: maggie

maggie — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 01:24:32 +0000

I guess I hoped the the level of discourse on reuters would be significantly more intelligent than on the US news sites…oh well. I’m astounded that people are offended by Mr. Letterman’s actions. With one exception, everything he was forced to disclose is no one’s business but his own. If the affairs breached a policy of CBS in terms of relationships between colleagues, especially where one colleague was in a more senior position, then CBS has a right to enforce its policies. It is my understanding from other sites that the affairs pre-dated his marriage and probably the birth of his child. For all we know, his relationship with his now wife was on hold during those affairs. And for the poster who thinks that there’s a bigger story that the alleged extortionist will tell, forget about it – blackmailers don’t get to defend themselves by raising more sensitive information about their victims. The only evidence the criminal court will assess is whether the alleged blackmailer tried to recover money in exchange for keeping silent about personal details regarding Mr. Letterman. And…this from a Canadian…David Letterman is very very funny to those of us who are on this side of the pond, especially Canadians who see the US with very different eyes.

By: Carolyn Brown

Carolyn Brown — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:36:36 +0000

Nothing surprises me any more. The people in this industry and movies seem to think they can get aways with anything. Letterman is one of these people who defies the ethics of morality. He has no morals that I can see, having a child out of wedlock puts a blithe on the child. I am through watching such a ignorant,selfish,money grubbing man such as him and others like him. I wonder if he knows that people call him “trash”

By: Constant Gina

Constant Gina — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:58:22 +0000

How are you going to walk into a bank and expect to cash a 2 million dollar check?? bad move, idiot deserved to get caught.

By: r

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:54:44 +0000

Mueller – why do you refer to his female colleagues/coworkers as “bimbo’s?” Seems you have the same issues that Dave has with women.

On-to Dave, kudos to him for announcing this on his show right away. Now, if he did have sex with any other woman for the past 23 years he has been with his longtime partner-turned-wife, THAT is an issue. If Dave had sex with these co-workers prior to becoming involved with his now-wife, so what. Dave is no better than anyone else and he knows it (but that does NOT excuse adultery, if that is the case now).

Dave’s insecurity around women and his constant (and annoying) belittling of himself for decades is his own problem. That said, I did know of a former (older) male co-worker who put the moves on (younger) female coworkers. He was given a warning or he would lose his job…so he took the warning and kept his job. What kind of “moves,” I do not know as this happened before I was employed there. That said, harrassment/ psychological blackmail/powerplays towards underlings is a major ongoing problem in the workplace. I, myself, have been the receipient of such unwanted behavior from male coworkers. It is completely annoying and unwanted. Fortunately, I speak my mind. These women, way back when perhaps, might have been too young and enthralled by a man/boss in a “position of power,” that they did not really reconize the larger ramifications of office politics, self-esteem, etc.

Suffice to say, Dave, at least admitted to his behavior on air immediately. Hopefully, sex with coworkers was not during his relationship to the woman who is now his wife.

By: Mueller

Mueller — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:10:40 +0000

People, please, get a grip. Who cares that Letterman HAD sex w/bimbos. That’s what rich people do. Halderman is suffers from envy syndrome, can’t you busy bodies who have nothing better do than to criticize rich people see that? Halderman is pissed that HE doesn’t have what Letterman has! Heck, maybe he’s pissed because Letterman slept w/one of the bimbos Halderman tried to but couldn’t. Who know’s, really, why do we care? Hmmm, ironic. How come we haven’t heard from the bimbos? Oh, I know, they’re probably all looking for lawyer’s who will boo-hoo w/them; filling them w/loads of sympathy and awe’s of, you poor poor thing, as they stroke themselves w/visions of dollar signs and 15 minutes of fame.

By: G, Cook

G, Cook — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:33:19 +0000

The joke Letterman made a few months ago was not about HIM raping Palin’s (our next president? please tell us more of your psychic visions!) 13-year-old daughter, it was about Alex Rodriguez knocking up her 18-year-old daughter during consensual sex, not rape.

And people said faithfully reporting the facts in blog comments was dead! Kudos to Hananova, you sure showed them.

Back on topic… Letterman’s lawyer should be commended for orchestrating an absolutely awe-inspiring ownage of the wannabe-blackmailer, the story is inspiring to all who believe in justice. If only we could all afford such legal aid, though…

By: Alessandra

Alessandra — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:31:59 +0000

Dave admitted he had sex with more than one staffer. How many? In what circumstances? I think, as Halderman’s lawyer stated to the press, there is a lot more that hasn’t been dished out here than just a little office fling. The threat of “Dave’s world is about to collapse around him” doesn’t fit a long past, innocent office fling bill. Maybe Halderman learned of very secret things about Dave through his personnal relationship to Birkin… Things that are much more serious than a little consensual office fling. And what about this Birkin? There’s a 17 yr old difference between her and Halderman and a 28 yr old difference with Dave. She simply sleeps around with much, much older high-powered producers for nothing?

There’s more to be revealed here.

By: Hananova

Hananova — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:53:46 +0000

Philanderer? How about “sex offender”?

I never thought this creepy guy was funny. I watched him once, about 10 years ago.

Letterman makes a joke about raping our next president’s 13-year-old daughter, then he, the sexual predator, turns around and whines about “blackmail” when the rock he is hiding under, is uncovered, and he is exposed for workplace sexual harassment.

If his amoral paymaster had a single ethic besides “make money for me” he would be out on his ass. Too bad, the women can’t sue him, they already received their own blackmail payments.

And the media hypocrites complain about Republicans!