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Joe Halderman

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The Resume

    (October 1957- )
    Birth name was Robert Helderman
    Producer for 'The CBS Morning Show,' '48 Hours,' and 'Flashpoint'
    Pleaded guilty to attempted grand larceny (March 9, 2010)
    Served four months of a six-month sentence

Why he might be annoying:

    He found out that his former live-in girlfriend, Stephanie Birkitt, was having an affair with David Letterman by reading her diaries without her permission.
    He tried to blackmail Letterman by threatening to expose his affairs unless he was paid $2 million.
    He was arrested in a sting operation while trying to deposit a phony $2 million check given to him by Letterman's lawyer (October 1, 2009).
    He offered the novel defense that if it was legal for Tiger Woods to pay his mistress to keep quiet, it ought to be legal for him to request money from Letterman for his silence.
    Alternatively, he claimed the $2 million was a blackmail payment, it was to purchase rights to a screenplay he was developing -- a screenplay about a famous talk show host whose career and marriage implode when his affairs with his staffers are exposed.
    When it became clear the court was not going to buy either argument, he pleaded guilty to reduced charges.
    He filed for bankruptcy, with $66,000 in unpaid federal and state taxes (2015).
    He ended up working for James O'Keefe's faux news organization, Project Veritas.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He rose through the CBS ranks from soundman to producer.
    As a broadcast journalist, he reported from war zones in Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
    He received an Emmy for his work on '48 Hours.'
    He was nominated for an Oscar for the documentary 'Beslan: Three Days in September.' (2006)
    Surprisingly, Letterman's career and marriage both survived the exposure of his affairs.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 26 Votes: 92.31% Annoying