West Palm Beach , Florida ( CNN ) -- Three million dollars : That 's the price a housekeeper 's daughter allegedly demanded from her mother 's former employer , the family that founded Claire 's accessories stores . In exchange , Camille Brown said she would return dozens of allegedly incriminating letters written by Sylvia Schaefer , the wife of Claire 's founder Rowland Schaefer , according to newly released audio tapes . That exchange never happened . This week , Florida police have released audio recordings that they say detail a case of extortion . According to police , it all started when the Schaefers fired their longtime housekeeper , Coleen Parkes , who was released after she said she would no longer clean up after the caretakers of the elderly Schaefers . Parkes had worked for the family for 15 years , according to the police documents . The Schaefers , now in their 90s , made millions from Claire 's , a staple in many American shopping malls known for enticing teenage girls with its inexpensive jewelry and other accessories . Days after her mother was fired , Camille Brown , 32 , e-mailed the Schaefers ' daughter , Bonnie , saying that she had more than 50 letters written by Sylvia Schaefer and that she was ready to sell them to the `` highest bidder . '' In the e-mail -- which was released as part of court documents -- she asked Bonnie Schaefer for a `` commitment to protecting your family 's name and reputation of your father . '' Bonnie Schaefer arranged a meeting with the housekeeper 's daughter at a hotel lobby on October 2 . Camille Brown thought she was meeting with a family representative , but she was actually talking to a special agent with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement . The undercover agent , James Born , wore a wire and recorded his conversation with Brown . On the audio recordings , he can be heard asking , `` What do you feel is fair to get the correspondence back ? That 's what we really want to know . '' Brown responds by saying , `` I feel fair market value is fair . '' When pressed for an amount , Brown showed the agent an index card with $ 3,000,000 written on it , according to court documents . `` Three million dollars ? '' Born replies . `` That amount is sufficient based on what I have , '' she responds . When Born says that the family is n't going to agree to $ 3 million , Brown says , `` That 's like the minimum . I can go higher but nothing lower . '' As Brown attempts to leave , Born asks about paying in installments , and they set up a second meeting to finalize the agreement . The terms of an agreement were reached at that second meeting on October 9 and signed by both parties . The agreement that Brown signed reads , `` For the total payment of $ 3,000,000 in US currency demanded by Camille Brown , all efforts to coerce , control , blackmail or extort the Schaefer family or any associated businesses will end and not be resumed . '' The agreement also said that in exchange for the money , Brown would hand over the family documents . As Brown left the hotel , she was arrested on one count of extortion . Brown has maintained her innocence . `` Ms. Brown intends to take this case to trial and to present incontrovertible evidence proving that she never tried to blackmail , bribe or extort the Schaefers into buying the letters that were lawfully hers , '' her attorney Guy Fronstin told CNN in an e-mail . In the original e-mail Brown sent to Bonnie Schaefer , she said that the letters were given to her by Sylvia Schaefer . The Schaefer family attorney disputes that . `` We filed a civil suit to get those letters back , so it 's the family 's position that she did n't lawfully obtain those letters , '' attorney William Shepherd said . He said the case is about taking advantage of an elderly couple . Until a court rules otherwise , the letters that Brown claims she has will remain in her possession . Brown 's trial on the extortion charge is scheduled for June 24 , and she faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted . CNN 's Sara Ganim contributed to this story .
Claire 's daughter charged with trying to extort her mother 's former employer . Her mother worked for the man who owned Claire 's jewelry stores . The daughter allegedly tried to get the man to pay $ 3 million for supposedly stolen letters . The daughter says the letters legally belong to her .