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"&lt;strong&gt;David Letterman&lt;/strong&gt;'s extortionist just pled guilty to one count of attempted grand larceny in the second degree.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;{{tmz_video_0}}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Robert Halderman&lt;/strong&gt; was just sentenced to 6 months in jail, 5 years probation and 1,000 hours of community service.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Under the terms of the deal, Halderman will serve 500 hours of community service in New York and the rest in Connecticut.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the courtroom, Halderman said, \"I have great remorse and sincerely apologize to David Letterman and Stephanie Birkitt. I attempted to extort $2 million from David Letterman.\" Halderman called it \"a thinly veiled threat.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/newsdesk/tmz_documents/0309_halderman_wm_01.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;&lt;img vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" border=\"0\" title=\"David Letterman's Extortionist Pleads Guilty\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2010/03/09/0309_halderman_doc_launch_reg3-1.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Halderman\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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