The Manhattan District Attorney's Office has released a statement to ET in regard to the alleged extortion case involving David Letterman.

The statement reads: "The defendant Robert Joel Halderman, a.k.a. Joe Halderman, [who] is 51 years old of Norwalk, CT, was indicted on an attempted grand larceny charge. The crimes charged in the indictment occurred between September 9th and September 30th of 2009.

"The investigation leading to today's indictment reveal[s] that Halderman waited outside Letterman's Manhattan home at 6 a.m. on September 9th to deliver a letter and other materials to him as he was leaving for work.

"Halderman wrote that he needed to 'make a large chunk of money' by selling Letterman a so-called 'screenplay treatment.' The one page screenplay treatment attached to the letter referred to Mr. Letterman's great professional success and ... his 'beautiful and loving son.' The document then related that Mr. Letterman's 'world is about to collapse around him' as information about his private life is disclosed leading to a 'ruined reputation' and severe damage to his professional and family lives.

"The package contained other materials supporting the screenplay treatment and directed Mr. Letterman to call him by 8 a.m. to make a deal. Mr. Letterman immediately contacted his attorney, who arranged an initial meeting with Halderman. During this initial meeting, Halderman demanded to be paid 2 million dollars to avoid the disclosure of the private information in his so-called screenplay treatment.

"Halderman, a long time employee of CBS, currently works for the program '48 Hours Mystery.' He was arrested yesterday outside the CBS offices on West 57th street and will be arraigned today in state Supreme Court.

"A search warrant was executed in Connecticut yesterday and the investigation is continuing."

Arraignment for Halderman is set for 2:15 p.m. today

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