(NEW YORK) A TV producer has pleaded guilty to trying to shake down David Letterman over the comic's sexual affairs.

Robert "Joe" Halderman entered his guilty plea to attempted grand larceny Tuesday in a Manhattan court.

He was charged last fall with demanding $2 million to keep quiet about Letterman's love life. The case spurred the late-night TV icon to tell viewers he'd had affairs with women on his staff.

Halderman's lawyers initially said he was just offering to sell Letterman a thinly veiled screenplay about the comedian's life.

Halderman is a producer for CBS' "48 Hours Mystery."

Meanwhile, Letterman defused Halderman's potential bombshell himself. The day before prosecutors unveiled their case against Halderman, the comedian revealed on the air Oct. 1 that he had slept with women who worked for him.