A Supreme Court judge denied David Letterman’s alleged extortionist’s request today to have his case tossed out in court.

Robert “Joe” Halderman is accused of trying to extort $2 million from David by allegedly threatening to go public with a string of affairs that David had with his co-workers. Joe insisted in court that he was simply trying to sell David a screenplay about his life. He’s facing up to 15 years in prison if convicted.