David Letterman brought Stephanie Birkitt, the assistant he had slept with, on Caribbean vacations with his wife, Regina, and their young son. At the time, Regina Lasko had no idea that the TV show host was having an extramarital affair with his assistant, who apparently receives $200,000 a year for her job at the Late Show.

Many have already criticized David Letterman for even bringing Birkitt on these trips even with 6-year-old son Harry. Regina Lasko believed that Birkitt was only a colleague at that time, especially because Letterman had brought other friends and co-workers to such trips.

Letterman and the suspect of his extramarital affair, Birkitt, had taken hikes together the multi-millionaire TV show host’s eastern Montana ranch. David Letterman admitted his affairs on national television just recently. Since appearing on the Late Show again, Letterman apologized to his wife for his actions, whom he described as “horribly hurt” by the revelations.

CBS News journalist Robert “Joe” Halderman is the prime suspect of the alleged plot to shame Letterman by forcing him to admit on TV his affairs. Halderman first learned of the affair in December when he read his then-girlfriend Birkitt’s diaries. Stephanie vowed to stop the affair and accordingly, they decided to stay together.

But after some time, Halderman spotted the TV show host and his then-girlfriend again making out in a parked car in the driveway of his and Birkitt’s home. This led to his plot to shame Letterman and thus forcing the Late Show host to admit his affairs on national TV.

Watch the David Letterman sex scandal with employees admittance below. David Letterman admitted at the Late Show that he had sex with his female employees and thus committed adultery.

Letterman was forced to admit the sexual affair scandal because of extortion. A man was blackmailing the Late Show host and had asked for $2 million. The extortionist has since been arrested and David Letterman has already testified before the Grand Jury.

Robert Halderman is the prime suspect of the David Letterman extortion scandal. CBS has suspended the 51-year-old suspect until the results of the investigation have been revealed.

Part of the Letterman sexual affair speech transcript included:

“I have had sex with women who work for me on this show. Now, my response to that is, ‘Yes I have.’”

While the audience laughed, Letterman continued:

“Would it be embarrassing if it were made public? Perhaps it would. I feel like I need to protect these people. I need to certainly protect my family.”

Watch David Letterman admit having sex with his employees: