Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100310:03:50:00
>> reporter: letterman said on behalf of my family i'm extremely grateful for their tireless efforts. this began last fall when halderman was charged with a messy and bizarre effort to extort letterman. he wanted $2 million for what he claimed was a screenplay about a popular late night talk show host who slept with women on his staff. prosecutors said weighs desperate, in debt and furious after learning letterman was having an affair with his girlfriend. >> hello, this is blackmail. >> reporter: letterman went to police and then confessed to his audience. >> that i have had sex with women who...
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