28 Facts About Corey Clark

Corey Clark was born July 13,1980, in San Bernardino, California, to Duane and Jan Clark, two singers who met on the road in Nashville, Tennessee in early 1978 while following their own musical aspirations.

Less subtle was the racism at school, where Corey Clark says he and his sister got into fights with schoolmates in the first grade who called them "niggers" and "cottonheads".

Corey Clark received his first professional singing job when he was 13, when Debbie Byrd, a family friend and vocal coach who would later go on to work on American Idol, recruited him and his parents to be among the backup singers for Barry Manilow during a week-long appearance in Las Vegas.

Corey Clark names making it to the top 32 finalists during that season to be his proudest moment.

Corey Clark alleges police misconduct in handling the matter, asserting that he was beaten by the officers, who ultimately wrestled Corey Clark to the pavement and handcuffed him behind his back.

Corey Clark was charged with misdemeanor battery on four police officers and his sister, and endangering the welfare of a child.

Corey Clark ultimately pleaded "no contest" to "obstructing legal process" through a plea agreement, and was sentenced to six months unsupervised probation and ordered to pay $116.00 USD in legal costs.

Corey Clark maintains that this could not be true, as all background checks are conducted via social security numbers, which Corey Clark had provided to producers in his contract.

Corey Clark believes that he was punished not for causing conflict with producers behind the scenes.

Two years later, Corey Clark began making allegations about his relationship with Abdul.

Corey Clark stated in his E-book, They Told Me to Tell the Truth, So.

Lythgoe questioned why it took two years for Corey Clark to reveal his alleged affair with Abdul, fueling speculation that Corey Clark was merely attempting to gain publicity for his upcoming album.

Abdul acknowledges that she had telephone conversations with Mr Corey Clark while he was a contestant.

Corey Clark released a statement that the parody offended him, and was an "insult to the intelligence of the viewer".

Corey Clark was sued by Wal-Mart in April 2000 for passing more than $600 in bad checks.

In June 2005, Corey 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.

Corey Clark later apologized for the incident, explaining that his dancers, management team and record label representatives were 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.

In July 2006, Corey Clark was arrested on suspicion of violating a court order and trespassing at his wife's stepfather's residence in Yuma, Arizona.

On October 2,2007, Corey Clark pled guilty under a plea agreement to charges of felony aggravated harassment involving domestic violence for the trespassing offense, and was placed on probation.

Corey 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 Corey Clark as a liar and called for a boycott of his music".

Clark's first album, Corey Clark, was released on June 21,2005.

Corey Clark claimed that radio conglomerate Clear Channel refused to play his record due to threats Clear Channel received that all American Idol promotional and advertising dollars would be pulled from any station playing Corey Clark's record.

Corey Clark made a guest appearance on the first episode of the sixth season of The Surreal Life, as one of five possible new castmates to be chosen from in a "15 More Minutes of Fame Reality Hunk Pageant".

Corey Clark was the second contestant to be eliminated from the competition.

Corey Clark performed on and co-hosted the 2005 New Music Weekly Awards, on which he debuted a selection from his album Out of Control.

In 2005 Corey Clark was a guest on The Howard Stern Show.

Corey Clark appeared on the cover of the March 31,2003 issue of People; on the May 25,2005 issue of Steppin' Out magazine; and the August 26,2005 issue of New Music Weekly magazine.

Corey Clark appeared and was interviewed for the "Nashville Auditions" episode of American Idol Rewind, a syndicated repackaging of American Idol.