UPDATED: Manhattan DA Used Sting To Stop David Letterman Extortion Plot

***12:05 p.m. Update October 2***

UPDATED: Manhattan DA Used Sting To Stop David Letterman Extortion Plot

NEW YORK (AP) - A CBS News employee has been indicted in an alleged blackmail plot against David Letterman.

Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau announced the indictment Friday against Robert “Joe” Halderman.

Morgenthau says his office used an undercover sting operation to catch Halderman.

Letterman says he found a package of embarrassing e-mails and photos in his limousine.

His attorney took the evidence to the prosecutor’s office office, which set up an undercover sting at a hotel.

New York police detectives were in an adjoining room with recording equipment and surveillance.

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NEW YORK (AP) - The Manhattan district attorney is planning a news conference to talk about the CBS News employee accused of trying to extort $2 million from David Letterman.

Letterman admitted to his television audience that he had sexual relationships with female employees, and that the plot involved making him pay to keep this information private.

The news conference is scheduled for late Friday morning.

CBS says that an employee of the show “48 Hours” was arrested for the plot. The DA says the suspect lives in Connecticut. CBS wouldn’t identify him, but a person with knowledge of the investigation identified him as Robert J. Halderman. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because authorities have not released the suspect’s name.