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Posted Oct 6th 2009 1:15AM by TMZ Staff
David Letterman may have violated CBS rules on bosses having relationships with their employees, but there's a catch -- Dave doesn't work for CBS.
CBS has guidelines on the conduct of its employees -- the Business Conduct Statement. TMZ has a copy of a provision titled "Supervisor/Subordinate Relationships." It reads:
"CBS recognizes that consenting romantic or sexual relationships may develop between a supervisor and a subordinate (whether such supervision is direct or indirect). These relationships frequently lead to complications and significant difficulties for the supervisor, the subordinate, others in the workplace, and CBS. If a consenting romantic or sexual relationship between a supervisor and a direct or indirect subordinate should develop, CBS requires the supervisor to disclose this information to his or her Company's Human Resources Department to ensure that there are no issues of actual or apparent favoritism, conflict of interest, sexual harassment, or any other negative impact on others in the work environment."
The Statement continues: "Upon being informed or learning of the existence of such a relationship, CBS will take steps that it deems appropriate to protect the workplace environment."
That said .... Dave is not an employee of CBS. He's employed by Worldwide Pants (WWP), his production company. WWP says, "We have a written policy in our employee manual that covers harassment. It is circulated to every employee every year. Dave is not in violation of our policy and no one has ever raised a complaint against him."
We do not know if WWP has a policy of requiring employees to disclose relationships with subordinates.
We contacted CBS but the company declined comment.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Exclusives, David Letterman
Tags: cbs, dave, dave letterman, DaveLetterman, david letterman, DavidLetterman, harassment, sex, the late show, TheLateShow, worldwide pants, WorldwidePants, wwp
Posted Oct 2nd 2009 12:03PM by TMZ Staff
The Manhattan DA's press conference over David Letterman's extortion case just ended -- and revealed Robert "Joe" Halderman was busted after he tried depositing his $2 million check. Which raises the question ... who takes a check?
Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau said three meetings were held between Halderman and Letterman's lawyers at the Essex House -- Dave was not present -- and at the 3rd meeting, the check was turned over to Halderman.
Morgenthau says Letterman's lawyer wore a wire -- and the last two meetings were audio taped.
Halderman deposited the check -- which was designed to bounce -- the next morning, yesterday, and was then arrested.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, David Letterman
Tags: affair, dave letterman, DaveLetterman, david letterman, DavidLetterman, extortion, robert halderman, robert morgenthau, RobertHalderman, RobertMorgenthau, the late show with david letterman, TheLateShowWithDavidLetterman
Posted Oct 2nd 2009 9:14AM by TMZ Staff
We've learned Robert "Joe" Halderman was arrested yesterday outside the CBS headquarters in NYC, and it was news to the people inside who make the news.
Our sources say the Manhattan D.A. played the investigation close to the vest and people inside the building were baffled when the highly-respected producer was cuffed and hauled off in the David Letterman extortion case.
As we already reported Halderman had a relationship with Stephanie Birkitt and lived with her. But we're told they had broken up "recently." We do not know who ended the relationship, but Halderman allegedly was in possession of Birkitt's diary, correspondence and photos -- which he says incriminated Letterman.
People connected with the network tell us Letterman did have a relationship with Birkitt, but the word is that it ended before Letterman had his baby in 2003.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, TV, David Letterman
Tags: affair, cbs, dave letterman, DaveLetterman, david letterman, DavidLetterman, extortion plot, ExtortionPlot, robert halderman, RobertHalderman, sex, sexual affair, SexualAffair, stephanie birkitt, StephanieBirkitt, the late show with david letterman, TheLateShowWithDavidLetterman
