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Stephanie Birkitt, a former assistant to David Letterman, has been in the spotlight before - but never like this. The 34-year-old New Hampshire native is the unwitting link between the Late Show host and his alleged would-be extortionist, CBS News producer Robert "Joe" Halderman. Widespread reports say Birkitt had a romantic relationship with Letterman before his marriage while she was working as his personal assistant and appearing regularly on his program, interviewing celebrities and reporting from the Winter Olympics, among other duties. Until recently, she dated the divorced Halderman and lived in his Connecticut home, where Halderman allegedly...
...Spent a summer as a Late Show intern...
...Worked briefly as an associate producer at the CBS News program 48 Hours - where she met Halderman - after graduating. Later returned to the Late Show explaining that she wasn't "much of a newshound...
...While appearing on the Late Show, went by nicknames including Monty and Smitty. Her tasks included delivering prizes to audience members and interviewing castoffs from Survivor in addition to reporting from the Winter Olympics...
...week, sometimes twice a week, and we'd talk about my weekend. And then I would tell funny stories about my weekend or what he thought were funny stories and I thought were normal. And he started asking if I had pictures from my weekend and so I showed pictures. It kind of gradually became different things at different times." - Discussing in an interview how she became an on-air personality on the show (Fort Worth Star Telegram, March...