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"Sesame Street" puppeteer Kevin Clash is taking a leave of absence following allegations that he had a relationship with a 16-year-old boy, according to The Associated Press. Clash voices Elmo, the ...

Kevin Clash, the longtime voice and puppeteer behind Sesame Street’s Elmo character, has resigned in the aftermath of allegations — which he adamantly denies — that he had a sexual relationship with ...

A lawsuit filed Tuesday in New York by 24-year-old college student Cecil Singleton accuses Clash of engaging in sexual behavior with him over a two-week period while he was underage. Singleton said ...

Last week a man accused Clash of having sex with him when he was a teenage boy, a charge Clash denied. A day later, the man recanted his charge. A lawsuit by a second accuser was filed Tuesday, ...

The events surrounding the downfall of Kevin Clash, the man behind Elmo, aren't over: Yet another accuser has come forward to sue Clash, Robert Gearty at the New York Daily News reported Tuesday ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida man has sued the ex-Elmo puppeteer who resigned amid a sex scandal, saying the voice actor met him in New York after trolling gay telephone chat lines seeking underage boys ...

Kevin Clash, the famed voice and puppeteer behind beloved Sesame Street character Elmo, has officially resigned in the aftermath of allegations that he had an underage sexual relationship. The ...

Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash has resigned from "Sesame Street" in the wake of new allegations that he had sex with an under-aged youth. In its statement Tuesday, Sesame Workshop said "the controversy ...

(AP) Sesame Workshop says Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash has resigned from Sesame Street in the wake of allegations that he had sex with an under-aged youth. Last week a man accused Clash of having sex ...

NEW YORK — Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash has resigned from "Sesame Street" in the wake of an allegation that he had sex with an under-aged youth. In its statement Tuesday, Sesame Workshop said "the ...