Legal woes mount for associates of former child star Robby Clark amid property empire collapse

Legal challenges continue to mount for associates of a child actor who bought hundreds of homes across Ontario using more than $144-million in private mortgage debt and risky promissory notes before crashing into insolvency one year ago.

In addition to mounting claims in civil court, The Globe and Mail has learned a team of investigators of the Ontario Provincial Police Anti-Rackets Branch has for weeks now been interviewing lenders and investors who lent money to companies controlled by Robby Clark and his primary mortgage broker and promissory note vendor Claire Drage. Several lenders who spoke to The Globe said the OPP probe is seeking documents and information related to allegations of potential criminal fraud raised in civil court filings. None of the allegations have been proven in court.