Holly Hester Alleges She was One of David Letterman's Affairs

Holly Hester, a woman who interned for David Letterman, has come forward and admitted that she had a secret affair with the popular CBS talk show host. Holly Hester interned under David Letterman in the early 1990s. Besides Stephanie Birkitt, whose secret affair with David Letterman became public knowledge as well, Holly Hester's admission might be just the tip of a monstrous intern affair iceberg. After David Letterman's public "confession" Thursday night that he had had sex with staff members from his show (an admission made in context with a story he told about being extorted for $2 million), most believed it was only a matter of time before names of the women he had affairs with (and possibly some that he did not) would begin surfacing.

Holly Hester did not wait to be surfaced. She admitted to her affair voluntarily.

Holly Hester told TMZ that she was one of Dave's Top 10 (on his staff). She said that the internship with David Letterman was her first job in television and she had still been a student at NYU. Holly Hester said that Letterman called her up and asked her to the movies. That date would become one of many secret dates, she alleges. She said, "I was madly in love with him at the time. I would have married him. He was hilarious."

His ability to entertain and make people laugh is why CBS signed him to a reported $45 million contract. It is also why he was the target of a recent extortion plot.

Robert J. Halderman was arrested Thursday at the end of "sting" operation when he deposited a phony $2 million check from David Letterman (delivered by Letterman's lawyer), which was given to him Wednesday in exchange for information and materials (most notably copies of e-mails and a diary of Stephanie Birkitt's and a screenply derived from their content) that Halderman said would make David Letterman's world "collapse."

Robert Halderman was charged with attempted grand larceny Friday. He pleaded not guilty and was released on bail.

Stephanie Birkitt, who still works as an intern for Letterman, also at one time had a relationship with Robert Halderman. Stephanie Birkitt expressed surprise that Halderman had used her personal diary and e-mails and, according to a friend, was mortified that the entire incident even occurred.

Holly Hester said that her affair with David Letterman ended after a year. He told her that the age span between them was just too great.

David Letterman has been a late night talk show host for 27 years, beginning in 1982 on NBC's "Late Night with David Letterman." The list of potential secret affairs becoming public knowledge could become quite extensive. Of course, Holly Hester and Stephanie Birkitt could be the only two interns that Letterman slept with over the years.

But People magazine is already hinting at a third intern affair, one in the late 90s and before his affair with Stephanie Birkitt.

And it is as yet unknown what kind of information was kept in Stephanie Birkitt's diary. There exists the possibility that there could be names named.

It is unknown how far this intern affairs scandal might extend. But CBS is thus far standing behind Letterman. But Worldwide Pants, Letterman's production company, made it clear, according to the New York Times, that Letterman was not an employee of CBS but Worldwide Pants and subject to their policies. Worldwide Pants issued a statement that maintains that the talk show host had done nothing wrong, had not broken any policies, over the years and that his affairs with his staffers occurred prior to his marriage in March to Regina Lasko.

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Sources:

TMZ.com
People.com
NYTimes.com