A Fort Collins woman once married to the man accused of attempting to blackmail David Letterman said she is sad about the situation.
“I love my children. He loves his children. We’re just sad that it happened,” Patty Montet told reporters Friday outside her southwest Fort Collins home before getting into a minivan with two boys.
Prosecutors said Robert J. “Joe” Halderman, a producer for the true-crime show “48 Hours Mystery,” was in debt but did not elaborate.
He is under a court order to pay $6,800 a month to support Montet and their two children, a boy and a girl.
Montet divorced Halderman in 2004. He was ordered in 2007 to pay Montet child and spousal support until May 2011, when the payments will be reduced to $5,966 until May 2014, according to papers filed in Stamford Superior Court in Connecticut.
Montet declined to answer any other questions Friday and asked the media to “please respect my children.”
Larimer County property records show that Montet bought her Fort Collins home in May. Hers is the only name on the deed. Fort Collins Coloradoan
