David Letterman announced on his show that had a sexual affair with Stephanie Birkitt (pictured with Dave above, and below), and allegedly four other females who worked on his show, all while dating Regina Lasko. Letterman started dating Lasko in 1986, and married her in March. Letterman tried to play down the fact he was having sex with staff, but he was also having affairs behind his girlfriend’s back.

Letterman also announced that Robert Halderman (pictured below), a CBS News producer, attempted to extort $2 million dollars from Letterman, and asked to be paid or he would write both a screenplay and a book detailing Letterman’s affairs. Halderman was arrested Friday for blackmail, and entered a plea of not guilty on one felony count of attempted grand larceny in the first degree.

Through news reports it was revealed that Letterman paid for Birkitt’s graduate degree from Yeshiva University Law School. Halderman was dating Birkitt, and actually lived with her, while she had an affair with Letterman, according to reports.

In my opinion, Letterman was very smart to air the details of his bad behavior right away rather than trying to hide it. As much as a lot of Letterman fans would like to just sweep this all under the rug, Letterman’s reputation has been soiled by the fact he had affairs with multiple women while dating his now wife. We can easily assume Letterman would have no problem having an affair now that he’s married, if he saw no problem with it while dating his now wife. Letterman has never claimed to be a role model, but perhaps he should think about cleaning up his cheating act so he can at least set an example for his son.

Dave was also dating Holly Hester for about a year. There are bound to be more women who come forward.