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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
CONTACT: Erin Duggan |
DA VANCE STATEMENT ON GUILTY PLEA IN HALDERMAN CASE Robert Joel Halderman today pleaded guilty to Attempted Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, a class D felony, and will be sentenced to 6 months in jail concurrent with 5 years of probation, as well as 1,000 hours of community service, providing literacy and vocational skills training to young adults coming out of prison and formerly homeless individuals. In addition, Mr. Halderman publicly apologized to David Letterman and his family. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., released the following statement:
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“Robert Joel Halderman’s guilty plea today to the attempted extortion of David Letterman sends a strong message: If you commit this type of crime in Manhattan, whether you threaten to extort a celebrity or any other citizen, you will be investigated, prosecuted and you will almost certainly go to jail. “Mr. Letterman is a public figure, but like all New Yorkers he has a right to a certain degree of privacy in his personal life. By not giving in to the defendant’s extortionate demands for millions of dollars, and instead taking the courageous step of reporting the crime to law enforcement, Mr. Letterman risked the disclosure of certain aspects of his private life. I commend Mr. Letterman for making the difficult but unquestionably right decision to report this crime to my Office and thank him for his full and complete cooperation throughout the investigation and prosecution of the case. This plea agreement, in addition to imposing a meaningful sentence including a jail term, a lengthy period of supervised probation and significant post-release community service, provides punishment for the defendant and a measure of privacy for the victim. “I want to thank Assistant District Attorney Judy Salwen, deputy chief of the Special Prosecutions Bureau, who has been in charge of the investigation and prosecution of this case. ADA Salwen was assisted by Assistant District Attorney Peirce Moser, and both worked under the supervision of Special Prosecutions Bureau Chief Thomas Wornom.”
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