An 81-year-old Kerrville woman has been charged with trying to extort $2 million from Hall of Fame quarterback Bart Starr.

Authorities say Ruby Y. Young mailed a typed, computer-generated letter to Starr, 72, alleging an encounter with him in 1960. Starr, MVP of the first two Super Bowls while playing for the Green Bay Packers, denies knowing the woman, according to a criminal complaint affidavit filed against Young in Birmingham, Ala.

"And now, the time has come for you to pay -- to pay for the many injuries you caused me. ... No I am not a push-over Mr. Starr -- and no, I do not need the money -- but I intend to see that you pay for your wrong doings (sic) to me" said an initial letter, dated Oct. 30, according to the affidavit.

Prosecutors said in Wednesday editions of the San Antonio Express-News that the woman, whom they accuse of writing two more letters to Starr, claims the two had a romantic relationship.

No money ever was paid to Young, and investigators with the U.S. Postal Service obtained a copy of the first letter from Starr, according to the affidavit.

Young was released on bond after a short hearing Tuesday in federal court in San Antonio. She refused in English and Spanish to answer the newspaper's questions about the case.

"I cannot tell you a thing. I cannot verify and I cannot deny. It's in limbo and I have my own affairs to get straight since this is now going to be heard in the courts, and I just need to defend myself," Young said in English.

In court, Young told U.S. Magistrate Judge Pamela Mathy she understood the charges and that "it's not true."

The letter, which listed a return address for an E.H. Young, was mailed to a business office for a ranch for troubled youths that Starr founded, officials said.

The affidavit shows that an investigator acted as if he was Starr and wrote back a response. Authorities said Young then mailed two more letters to Starr.