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       *An Indianapolis man claiming to be the illegitimate son of Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds' allegedly tried to extort $9 million from the singer/producer by threatening to go public with the details, authorities said Monday.      

       John T. Clark, 23, was arrested Friday on one count each of felony theft and misdemeanor intimidation after accepting a bogus $9 million check from one of Edmonds' attorneys and signing what turned out to be fake nondisclosure agreement.      

       Authorities accused Clark of contacting attorney William Briggs and demanding millions of dollars from Edmonds to "keep his mouth shut," according to court documents.      

       "The story was that he was going to ruin Babyface's reputation by claiming to be Babyface's illegitimate baby," said Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi.       

       Clark called Briggs at his Los Angeles office several times, according to Brizzi. In the first, on May 1, he allegedly requested $20 million from Edmonds, who was born and raised in Indianapolis. He threatened to go public with his allegations that Edmonds, 48, hooked up with his mother and that he was their child, Brizzi said.      

       Briggs, after contacting Brizzi's office, set up a meeting with Clark in Indianapolis. On May 11, Clark lowered his demand to $9 million and agreed to meet Briggs in Indianapolis on May 19, according to a probable cause affidavit. During their meeting at a restaurant, Clark read and signed a bogus, 8-page nondisclosure statement the attorney had drawn up. He then accepted a fake check for $9 million and was arrested as he left, Brizzi said.      

       Briggs, meanwhile, had always claimed to have proof of Babyface being his biological father, but never produced the so-called documents, said Brizzi      

       Face’s business partner, Ken Christmas, called Briggs’ allegations "completely and utterly false."      

       "The key for us is that this individual has a criminal background and the statements that he made were perceived by us to be a credible and a real threat to Kenny and his family," he said.     

       Clark was being held without bond at Indiana’s Marion County Jail pending an initial hearing today. Brizzi said Clark recently had been released from jail after completing a sentence for robbery.

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