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==Legal issues== [[File:Mug Shot Corey Clark (955534597).jpg|thumb|200px|Clark's 2007 [[mug shot]] after being arrested on drug charges]] Clark was sued by [[Wal-Mart]] in April 2000 for passing more than $600 in [[Non-sufficient funds|bad check]]s. In May 2001, he was sued by a [[Topeka, Kansas]] grocery store where he allegedly passed a bad $50 check.<ref>[[The Smoking Gun]]; June 19, 2003</ref> In June 2005, Clark was cited and released on a misdemeanor battery charge after getting into a food fight during breakfast in a hotel room with his record company manager, Laura Kathleen Troy, and their entourage, which escalated into food and dishes being thrown. According to Sacramento Police Sergeant Justin Risley, both parties suffered scratches on their arms, but Troy did not press charges, and both Clark and Troy left in a vehicle together.<ref>Montgomery, James. [https://web.archive.org/web/20050630020247/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1504801/20050627/clark_corey.jhtml "Food Fight Puts Corey Clark In Another Messy Situation"]; MTV.com; June 27, 2005</ref> Clark later apologized for the incident, explaining that his dancers, management team and record label representatives were also involved in the food fight, but that after they had left to get cleaned up, he and his manager, who stayed to clean up the room, were the ones present when the police arrived.<ref>Moss, Corey. [https://web.archive.org/web/20071001063843/http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1505023/20050630/index.jhtml?headlines=true "Corey Clark Meeting With 'Idol' Producers Over Paula Flap: Former contestant says he just wants to 'set the record straight.'"]; VH1.com; Jun. 28, 2005</ref> In June 2006, Monica Rodriguez Gonzalez, Clark's wife and mother of their child, Yeshua,<ref>''People: American Idol: Where Are They Now?''; 2007; Page 96</ref> filed for a domestic violence protective order.<ref name="superiorpics"/> In July 2006, Clark was arrested on suspicion of violating a court order and trespassing at his wife's stepfather's residence in [[Yuma, Arizona]]. Charges were not filed at his subsequent arraignment, due to a delay in getting reports from the sheriff's office about the incident.<ref>Gilbert, James. [http://sun.yumasun.com/artman/publish/articles/story_25628.php "Maybe ex-'Idol' contestant appears in court"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060728220238/http://sun.yumasun.com/artman/publish/articles/story_25628.php |date=2006-07-28 }}, Yuma County Sun story on Clark's court appearance</ref> On October 2, 2007, Clark pled guilty under a plea agreement to charges of felony aggravated harassment involving domestic violence for the trespassing offense, and was also placed on probation.<ref>Finn, Natalie. [http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/archive.jsp?uuid=442e9660-a1a8-4599-974a-4f20601709ff "Idol Also-Ran Clark Likely Cell Bound"]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}; E! online news, October 11, 2007</ref> Clark filed a [[libel]] lawsuit on July 5, 2012, against [[MTV]] Networks for more than $40 million, saying that MTV News correspondent Jim Cantiello "falsely attacked Clark as a liar and called for a boycott of his music".<ref>{{cite web|title="American Idol" contestant sues MTV for $40 million|url=https://news.yahoo.com/american-idol-contestant-sues-mtv-40-million-212053171--finance.html|publisher=Yahoo News|access-date=July 7, 2012}}</ref>
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