Voice of Elmo on leave from Sesame Street after he was accused of having 'sexual relationship with underage boy'
- Kevin Clash, 52, is on leave after the programme's lawyers were contacted by a 23-year-old man
- Accuser claims he had a sexual relationship with the puppeteer seven years ago, when he was aged 16
The man who voices the puppet of Elmo on Sesame Street has taken leave amid allegations he had a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old boy.
Kevin Clash, 52, has taken a leave of absence from the popular children's show after the programme's lawyers were contacted by a 23-year-old man who claims he had a sexual relationship with the puppeteer seven years ago, when he was aged 16.
TMZ, who reported the allegations, said that Mr Clash had admitted he had a relationship with the man, but only after the accuser was an adult and said the accusations were both false and defamatory.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-having-sexual-relationship-underage-boy.html
'Elmo' puppeteer Kevin Clash resigns as second man files lawsuit over new underage sex allegations [h=2]Kevin Clash resigned on Tuesday after a second man came forward to say he had sex with the 'Sesame Street' voice actor and puppeteer when he was a teen.[/h]
Puppeteer Kevin Clash, the longtime voice of “Elmo,” resigned Tuesday after a $5 million lawsuit labeled him a pedophile who trolled telephone chat rooms in a hunt for underage lovers.
The lawsuit was filed by a second man claiming that he was just a teenager when he had a sexual relationship with the award-winning voice of the beloved kids’ character.
Clash, 52, “was an unmarried adult male living a prominent public life centered around the entertainment of toddlers, while at the same time he was, in secret, preying on teenage boys to satisfy his depraved sexual interests,” the Manhattan lawsuit charged.
Sesame Workshop, which had granted Clash a leave of absence after the first allegation of sex with a minor, issued a statement accepting his resignation after 28 years as Elmo.
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/elmo-resigns-new-accusations-article-1.1205034