Stephanie Birkitt: Letterman’s Sexy Ex-Assistant Mistress Revealed In Extortion Drama

Stephanie Birkitt has been identified and becomes the first “casualty” in the David Letterman extortion plot, as $2 million dollars was demanded from the late host by another CBS employee (48 Hours producer) in exchange to keep quiet about sexual relations with staffers.

Robert “Joe” Halderman was arrested and posted $200,000 bail yesterday, after being indicted in a Manhattan court on attempted grand larceny. Halderman, it’s been revealed, once lived with 34-year-old Birkitt, and likely that he secretly scourged her private diaries for the information intended to profit from with blackmail.

“He’s the best boss I’ve ever had,” Birkitt told Entertainment Weekly in 2002. Her on-air time increased as Birkitt appeared on the show to introduce the viewer mail segment of the program, often dressed in funny costumes – including those of a leprechaun, Batman, Tom Cruise and a Martian.

In 2002 and 2006, she covered the Winter Olympics for the show. Birkitt eventually became known for her willingness to laugh at herself – and for her great rapport with Letterman. “He puts me very much at ease,” she told the Fort Worth Star Telegram in 2004. “He’s very laid back about the whole thing. It’s kind of just like hanging out onstage with your buddy.”

LOL…except, a buddy that fucks! Click inside for more to this extortion drama.

The second female employee outlined in the sexual extortion plot has yet to be identified, but given time and the start of Robby boy’s trial, you can bet she’ll be dragged into the spotlight. Here’s more about what dude is facing!

Secretly taped recordings of a CBS producer’s plot extorting $2 million from “Late Night” host David Letterman contained “explicit and actual threats,” prosecutors said Friday. The recordings were described in the arraignment of Robert J. Halderman, 51, of Norwalk, Conn., in Manhattan Criminal Court.

Halderman pleaded not guilty to first-degree attempted grand larceny. On Thursday, Letterman acknowledged on his TV show to millions of viewers that he had sexual affairs with female employees. Halderman posted the $200,000 bail and was released from custody later Friday.