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Elmo

Puppeteer Kevin Clash during the 'Independent Lens - Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey' panel during the PBS portion of the 2011 Summer TCA Tour held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on July 31, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Kevin Clash sued for 5th time for underage sex

Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — A puppeteer who was the voice of Elmo on "Sesame Street" is being sued for the fifth time, accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy.
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Puppeteer Kevin Clash during the 'Independent Lens - Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey' panel during the PBS portion of the 2011 Summer TCA Tour held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on July 31, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Kevin Clash faces new allegations

Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - The former voice of the 'Sesame Street' character Elmo is being sued by a man who claims the entertainer lured him into drug-fueled sex when he was 16...
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Kevin Clash. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)

4th accuser comes forward in Kevin Clash sex scandal

Brittany Tom
theGRIO REPORT - A fourth accuser has now come forward to allege that he had underage sex with former Sesame Street puppeteer Kevin Clash.
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This Jan. 24, 2011 photo shows "Sesame Street" muppet Elmo and puppeteer Kevin Clash poses for a portrait in the Fender Music Lodge during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival to promote the film "Being Elmo" in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Victoria Will, file)

Warner Bros. pulls plug on Kevin Clash film in development

Brittany Tom
theGRIO REPORT - Just two weeks after resigning from 'Sesame Street', former Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash is facing yet another setback in his children's entertainment career...
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Puppeteer Kevin Clash speaks during the 'Independent Lens - Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey' panel during the PBS portion of the 2011 Summer TCA Tour held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on July 31, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Fla. man sues ex-Elmo puppeteer, claims NY abuse

Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - A Florida man on Tuesday sued a former Elmo puppeteer who resigned amid sex abuse allegations, saying the voice actor met him in New York a dozen years ago after trolling gay telephone chat lines seeking underage boys for sex...
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Kevin Clash arrives at the 34th Kennedy Center Honors held at the Kennedy Center Hall of States on December 4, 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Michael Tran/Getty Images)

Kevin Clash accused of sex with underage boy for 3rd time

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theGRIO REPORT - Former Sesame Street puppeteer Kevin Clash is in the hot seat yet again, as E! Online reports that a third man has come forward claiming he had sex with the performer behind Elmo when he was just 16 years old...
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Cecil Singleton, right, listens as his lawyer Jeff Herman, left, speak during a press conference on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012 in New York. Singleton, 24, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Kevin Clash, the voice of Sesame Street's "Elmo" character, accusing Clash of engaging in sexual behavior with him over a two-week period while he was underage. Clash resigned Tuesday from “Sesame Street” amid a second allegation that he sexually abused underage boys. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Elmo left behind on 'Sesame Street' as Kevin Clash exits

Frazier Moore, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - Even on 'Sesame Street,' where everything is famously A-OK, problems can arise for its residents.
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Puppeteer Kevin Clash during the 'Independent Lens - Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey' panel during the PBS portion of the 2011 Summer TCA Tour held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on July 31, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Kevin Clash resigns from 'Sesame Street' amid scandal

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theGRIO REPORT - Clash is leaving the show after 28 seasons because the accusations, which he has vehemently denied, are a 'distraction'...
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Sheldon Stephens, and Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash.

Kevin Clash accuser says he was paid to recant story

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theGRIO REPORT - Sheldon Stephens now says he was paid $125,000 to take back his story in a settlement agreement with Clash...
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PostScript'd Books

Clash's life as Elmo, Broadwell's Petraeus bio top book list

PostScript'd
POST SCRIPT'D - Two men embroiled in controversy top this week's reading list...
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