A Palestinian shopkeeper and father portrayed as a terrorist in the film 'Bruno' is suing Sacha Baron Cohen, US talk show host David Letterman and others for defamation.

LATE-NIGHT hosts didn’t waste a moment poking fun at the troubles of one of their own, after a CBS newsman was charged with trying to blackmail David Letterman for $2 million (€1.37m) in a plot that forced the late-night comic toacknowledge having sex with some of the women who have worked for him.

A respected TV producer accused of trying to blackmail chat show host David Letterman for $2m (€1.4m) was desperate and deep in debt, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors reached a plea deal with the man accused of plotting to abduct the young son of television talk show host David Letterman, allowing him to plead guilty to lesser charges and dropping a kidnapping-related charge in return.