Stephanie Birkitt was David Letterman Girl Friday, Former Lover (PHOTO)
We reported last night that David Letterman was the victim of a $2 million extortion plot and we have now discovered that according to New York public records, Stephanie Birkitt, 34, a former intern on The Late Show, lived with the accused extortionist Robert Joe Halderman, a CBS 48 Hours producer, and may have unwittingly fed him the information through the pages of her diary, photos and personal correspondence.
The 51-year-old Emmy award winning producer (view photo) was reportedly strapped for cash because of $6,000 monthly child and spousal support payments. Father of an 18-year-old and an 11-year-old children, he divorced his wife Patty Montet in 2004. He was arraignment on Friday afternoon on a charge of attempted grand larceny in the first degree, punishable by up to 5 to 15 years in prison. He entered a plea of not guilty and bail was set at $200,000.
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According to reports, a copy of Birkitt’s private diary was passed to an undercover agent by Joe Halderman prior to his arrest in Manhattan. It provided details of office affairs and other specifics that could potentially damage the career of Letterman. According to TMZ, Birkitt is one of the women who engaged in an affair with her boss, but ended it in 2003, prior to the birth of Letterman’s son. New reports suggest the affair was still going on in August 2009 – see details here.
Born in Plymouth, New Hampshire, Birkitt graduated from Wake Forest University in 1997 with a major in history and a minor in communications. Her younger brother Johnny is a field producer on ABC’s Dancing With the Stars.
Birkitt began working as a page for CBS New, 48 Hours, and The Late Show while still in college in 1996. She spent a short time as an associate producer on segments for correspondent Erin Moriarty but soon decided that she wasn’t a news hound. That was when Letterman hired her as a personal assistant. She was initially brought on to handle his charities and his Indy car racing team but her duties expanded over time.
Birkitt’s role eventually gained her some on-air time, including reporting on the Winter Olympics in 2002 and 2006. She appeared in various stunts and comedy skits over the years and handed out prizes for segments of Stump the Band, Audience Show and Tell, and Know Your Current Events. Dave often called her ‘Vicki’ on stage and apparently in a standing joke, she called him “Mr Carney’ – see video below.
Birkett went on to the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City beginning in 2005 and passed the Connecticut bar exam in February 2009.
Another former girlfriend Holly Hester has come forward. The 1990’s intern for Letterman when he was with NBC, claims they carried on a one year affair and spent a good deal of time in his secret bedroom above the Manhattan studio set that Dave referred to as “the bunker”. She said of the affair, “I was madly in love with him at the time. I would have married him. He was hilarious.”
Letterman married his long-time girlfriend Regina Lasko in March 2009. They have a son Harry. View family photos here.
View more photos below – click to expand. We’ve also included video of ‘Vicki’ and ‘Mr Carney’ – 3:10 on the slider.
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doesn’t dave lock his car?
nice info. . .keeep posting
Nice one Dave.
IF EVER A PERSON DESERVED TO BE SHOWN AS THE JERK HE IS THIS IS THE PERSON. NOTE I SAY PERSON NOT MAN.I HAVE NEVER LIKED THIS PERSON NEVER .
Hey Fred, lighten up. Two bits says Fred is a far right wing wacko.
WELL FELLOW NEW YORKERS DAVE IS QUITE THE SPORT.HAIR THAT LOOKS LIKE A USED UP LAUNDRY LADIE’S MOP, EYES THAT LOOK LIKE THE ARE A TRANSPLANT FORM A MAN THAT DIED OF FRIGHT, AND TEETH THAT LOOK LIKE THEY WERE TRIED TO BE STRAIGHTENED FROM A PIECE OF WOOD STILL WITH THE BARBED WIRE IN IT FROM LBJ’s RANCH.
THAT SHOULD TEACH THE IDIOT TO NOT EAT WHERE YOU POOPED AND HIT ON THE INTERNS OVER AT JAY LENO’S SHOW.
GREAT MOVE CBS GETTING RID OF THAT ANNOUNCER IN THE LATE FIFTIES, AL PAPIS, WALTER CONGRITE, AND DAN WRATHER, AND DEMOTING SO MANY OTHERS. LIKE ED MORROW.
JFK, RFK, AND TEDDY! WHERE ARE YOU WHEN WE NEED YOU?
FOR RENT – Dave’s bunker
Another example of how the truth always comes to the surface, sooner or later.. Way to go, Dave… nice job… putting your career, your family, your reputation, and your freedom to abuse your guests on the late show in jeopardy because your zipper won’t stay shut. Well Pal, the party is over, your cat is out of the bag, your ship has sailed…. your one liners that put respectable people down have lost their pizzazz… I know… you’re still rich beyond all imagination…. but now you have a formidable shadow from which to enjoy it and it ain’t the same.. No Sympathy… You chose self indulgence and now you may have to eat crow. Humble yourself and step up… let’s see what you’re made of. Lose the ‘cocky’ attitude (no pun intended)
and see what kind of class act you can make of yourself now. I wanna see it. I didn’t like you the way your were. C’mon recreate yourself .. Help people in American see that ‘power and priviledge’ are NOT lost to the pigs. It’s a challenge…. are you up to it.?
LEGAL BEAGLE – didn’t sniff this one out..
So Dave’s ex-lover, ex-assistant, Stephanie Birkitt has passed the bar in Connecticutt, so I read. Now that brings up a very interesting legal question… was there a chapter in her law books about leaving her briefs (legal or other) laying about for others to find. Regardless of the details of their disposition, would you want to hire an attorney knowing that her diary of personal sentiments some how got loose from her and into the hands of another. How does that translate into attorney-client privilege for ya.. kinda smelly.. And could she not see just how risky it was to pen those passionate and personal thoughts and store them anywhere that they might have been misplaced or taken. Obviously, she thought it was volatile enough that she hadn’t shared all of her entanglements with her current lover… who, allegedly acquired the diary and subsequently ignited over it… allegedly, of course.. And what kind of lawyer was she studying to be? Regardless, there is the obvious matter of good judgement…. or the absence of it… or worse, thrill seeking addiction… you know… some people have to have the drama… enough is just not enough…. but really…. I have said enough.
She’s smelly.
GEEEEEZus … Would you listen to all the HOLIER than THOU biggots coming out of the closet?? If you don’t like the man, don’t watch his show. Has the phrase “There but the grace of God go I” ever registered in your closed mind?? He is human and the ONLY perfect human I know of is JESUS CHRIST. Long-Live David Letterman.
No wife deserves to be cheated on. If a husband feels that he’s being short-changed in the marriage and deserves a “better” spouse, he should at least be man enough to discuss the matter with his wife, before jumping into somebody else’s bed. It’s so unfair.