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Galpal Cheated on Halderman With Dave

Stephanie Birkitt was still seeing Letterman until last fall, sources say

By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 6, 2009 10:58 AM CDT

(Newser) – The story of David Letterman’s twisted love triangle with alleged extortionist Robert Halderman continues to unfold. Former Late Show staffer Stephanie Birkitt was still sleeping with Letterman even after moving in with Halderman—and as late as last fall Birkitt and Letterman went hiking together, sources tell the New York Post. Birkitt—whom Letterman offered a job as his personal lawyer last year—told Halderman she was simply Letterman’s “best friend.”

Though Halderman and Birkitt stayed together until last month, sources say things began to fall apart when he read her diary—and learned of her continuing affair with Letterman—in December. He allegedly began his extortion scheme by dropping off a screenplay outline about a talk-show host brought down by an affair in Letterman’s limousine, prosecutors say.

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Attorney Evan L. Lipton, right, stands with his client, Robert J. Halderman, center, at Manhattan Supreme Court, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Pool, Marc A. Hermann)

This image rendered from video shows David Letterman on the "Late Show" Monday Oct. 5, 2009 days after revealing on air that he'd been sexually involved with women from his show. (AP Photo/CBS)

Robert Halderman and David Letterman are shown in this combination photo. (Associated Press)

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There is a lot more to the story. There is a big issue about exactly who David Letterman was having an affair with. - Gerald Shargel, Robert Halderman's lawyer, to Fox News

In the short time he was on the set, lo and behold, we heard he was having sex on the set with one of the backstage girls. Nobody could understand how he did it that fast. - Sandy Harmon, on Letterman when he appeared in her movie Fast Friends

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Galpal Cheated on Halderman With Dave