Like David Letterman, cheating husbands run the risk of being
blackmailed. Photo: AP/CBS
The alleged blackmail attempt by Robert Halderman against David Letterman should serve as a lesson to cheating husband’s everywhere.
Infidelity makes a cheating husband a target for blackmail, revenge, and all sorts of other retaliatory measures from all quarters
• the spouse, significant other or family member of the woman he’s cheating with
• the scorned wife or girlfriend
• the jilted mistress, when you drop her and move on to someone else.
NOTE: See the article entitled How Betrayed Wives and Other Infidelity Victims Get Revenge on their Cheating Mates.
Why Cheating Husbands Fear Being Exposed
According to the latest news report on the Letterman sex scandal, David Letterman felt “threatened, alarmed, and concerned” about the impact to his family life and career because of the alleged blackmail attempt by Halderman.
The threat of exposure alone is enough to strike fear in the heart of any man who has been cheating on his mate.
Depending on who, when, where, and to whom the affair is exposed, the cheater has much to lose:
• his reputation
• his job
• his marriage
• his money
and a whole lot more
Who Brought Up the Idea of Money – Halderman or Letterman?
With a screenplay and supporting documents about David Letterman’s secret sex life with his female employees, Halderman stood to make a lot more than the 2 million dollar check he got from Letterman.
If indeed, Halderman went on to write a tell-all book as he allegedly suggested to Letterman, he probably would have been financially set for life.
Since many of the news stories suggest that Halderman’s real motive was revenge by ruining Letterman’s reputation, has anyone considered the possibility that it may have been Letterman himself who introduced the idea of paying Halderman off to suppress the incriminating information he had?
Has anyone considered the possibility that Letterman may have volunteered to pay Halderman not to go forward with the screen play or the book proposal for fear that far more incriminating facts about his office love life would be exposed?
I think we have to keep asking ourselves the question: Why would a blackmailer accept a check?
Something about this doesn’t sound quite right.
Lessons for Cheating Husbands
If you’re cheating with someone you work with, you’ve already broken one or more of the 17 Rules of Workplace Romance, and left yourself and your workplace lover open to the 20 Problems a Workplace Romance can Cause.
Like David Letterman, sooner or later you’re bound to be discovered. Go back to the previous paragraphs in the article and give serious consideration to what you stand to lose.
Then get your act together! Mend your cheating ways before it’s too late.
*** © copyright 2009 Ruth Houston
Ruth Houston is a New York-based infidelity expert who is frequently called on by the media to comment on high profile infidelity and popular infidelity issues in the news. She is the author of Is He Cheating on You? - 829 Telltale Signs, the founder of InfidelityAdvice.com and publishes the Infidelity News and Views blog at http://infidelitynewsandviews.blogspot.com .
For more information about infidelity, the David Letterman sex scandal, workplace romance, office affairs, or revenge, see
How Betrayed Wives and Other Infidelity Victims Get Revenge on their Cheating Mates
20 problems a workplace romance or office affair can cause
David Letterman Broke 2 Cardinal Rules Governing Workplace Romance
The 17 Rules of Engagement for Office Affairs and Workplace Romance
Why David Letterman Should Realize That Infidelity is No Joke
Do Work Spouse Relationships Lead to Workplace Affairs?
14 Ways Your Work Spouse Relationship Could Sabotage Your Career
Business Travel And Infidelity - How Cheating Men Use Business Travel to Hide Their Affairs
13 Things Everyone Should Know About Signs of Infidelity
The Top 10 Reasons Why Men and Women Cheat
Free Infidelity Tip Sheets and Special Reports
Comments
If the guy did not want money, he would sell the script ... not leave it Letterman's car to get a reaction ... THINK!
I think Ruth Houston makes a very interesting point, that it might well have been Letterman who offered Halderman money to try to silence him. I've never been a Letterman fan and wouldn't put anything past him. There is a relevant song--a record from the 1980s that has the lyric: "Men are disgusting--they're always lusting; men are such creeps they'll even do it with sheep"
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