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Robert "Joe" Halderman admitted he demanded $2 million in hush money last fall to keep from revealing personal information about Letterman.

Former "Late Night" writer charges that it wasn't easy for a woman.

A television producer charged with attempting to extort $2 million from U.S. talk-show host David Letterman threatened to write a book about the TV star's affairs with employees, court documents showed on Thursday.

Mr. Letterman’s remarks were his first public comments since Thursday when he revealed details of an apparent extortion attempt.

David Letterman extortion case exposes more details about Letterman's history of trysts. Another Late Show ex-staffer reportedly has stepped forward and said that like Stephanie Birkitt, she had an affair with David Letterman. She also spilled the beans on a private lair he kept for his employee flings.

Halderman started dating Letterman's personal assistant, Stephanie Birkitt, 34, after she split with her boss.

More seriously, they raised questions for both his company and CBS about whether his actions constituted sexual harassment or at least abuse of a power relationship over employees.

David Letterman acknowledged on Thursday's show that he had sexual relationships with female employees and that someon1e tried to extort him over the affairs.