Letterman case will go to trial: NY judge

NEW YORK – A New York adjudicator banned on Tuesday to bung out a case adjoin a TV ambassador accused of a $2 actor extortion attack adjoin David Letterman over the allocution appearance host's animal diplomacy with co-workers.

New York State Supreme Court Justice Charles Solomon alone a bid by the producer's advocate to accept the accuse dismissed, adage instead that "this is a archetypal archetype of an affair that is best larboard for a balloon board to decide."

Robert Joel Halderman, 52, a ambassador for the CBS account appearance "48 Hours," was accusable by a admirable board in October and pleaded not accusable to accuse of attempted admirable larceny.

Letterman accepted on his "Late Appearance with David Letterman" on CBS aftermost year that he had sex with women who formed with him on the affairs afterwards accepting a amalgamation aggressive to acknowledge the details.

"It's on to the abutting step," Halderman's advocate Gerard Shargel told reporters alfresco the courthouse.

The case has been adjourned to March 9. If convicted, Halderman faces a best book of 15 years in prison.

(Reporting by Basil Katz; alteration by Christine Kearney)