Fondle Me Elmo

The puppeteer who is the voice and movement of Sesame Street's character Elmo has been accused of having a sexual relationship with an under aged boy. The accuser says the relationship started when he was sixteen and Kevin Clash, the puppeteer was forty-five. Clash admits to the relationship but claims it was not sexual until the accuser was of age. The age of consent in New York state where the relationship occurred is seventeen. Clash has taken a leave of absence from Sesame Street to take time to clear his name as he denies the charges. Sesame Workshop through their lawyers say it has nothing to do with the show and it is a personal relationship.
This unfortunately could be the end of Clash's career with Sesame Workshop. The accuser has hired the law firm that handled the cases for the accusers in the Jerry Sandusky molestation case. They have accused Sesame Workshop of trying to discredit the accuser and valuing the the image of one of their most valuable characters of the young man now twenty-three years old.