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Elmo Dead!- Underage Sex Scandal at Sesame Street! (and you thought Bert and Ernie were bad) | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 20566260  United States11/20/2012 01:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Kevin Clash, the longtime voice and puppeteer behind Sesame Street’s Elmo character, has resigned in the aftermath of allegations that he had underage sexual relationships. Mr. Clash was first accused last week of sexual improprieties by a 24-year-old man who later recanted. That man has remained anonymous. Production of “Sesame Street” was unaffected by Mr. Clash’s leave of absence and presumably will not be affected by his resignation, either. Mr. Clash had been helping to identify other puppeteers who could play Elmo for some time, and they filled in for him while he was away from work, a Sesame Workshop executive said last week. But the repetition of claims about underage sex in the same sentence as a beloved children’s character may impact the “Sesame Street” brand in ways that remain to be seen. The years-old allegations are bubbling up at the beginning of the holiday shopping season. [link to mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com]  |
INK3 User ID: 27337849 United States11/20/2012 01:44 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Oh who cares. Kids who love Elmo are too young to understand any of this. My little grandson loves Elmo, and we'll be getting him Elmo stuff for Christmas. "When tyrants tremble in their fear, and hear their death knell ringing, When friends rejoice both far and near, how can I keep from singing" page7 |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 23943453 United States11/20/2012 01:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I guess it would just be bad publicity for them to sue the false accuser, plus they wouldn't get anything. Too bad for this guy. If it is true that he never did anything illegal. They will just get a sound-alike voice so he might as well stay. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 26165384 United States11/20/2012 01:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 21916862 United States11/20/2012 02:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Clash resigns after another accuser filed a lawsuit..... "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, according to attorney Cecil Singleton." [link to mobile.boston.com] |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 21916862 United States11/20/2012 02:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | First accuser received $125k to recant accusation.... "Clash, the puppeteer behind the beloved children's character Elmo, paid his accuser, Sheldon Stephens, $125,000 to recant a claim that the pair had a sexual relationship when Stephens was 16 and Clash was 45, reports TMZ." [link to mobile.boston.com] |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 21916862 United States11/20/2012 02:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Coaches, clowns, boy scout leaders, priests, rabbis, pastors, puppeteers, camp counsellors, babysitters, teachers, any profession or volunteer who has access to children has those who choose that profession to be near children. Please watch out for your children, these predators mask their monstrous ways behind a smiling exterior. Be overly protective of who your children associate with, and go with your gut feeling if something doesn't seem ok,. Even if all the other idiot parents allow their children to associate with these people. |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 20566260 United States11/20/2012 02:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Coaches, clowns, boy scout leaders, priests, rabbis, pastors, puppeteers, camp counsellors, babysitters, teachers, any profession or volunteer who has access to children has those who choose that profession to be near children. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 21916862 Please watch out for your children, these predators mask their monstrous ways behind a smiling exterior. Be overly protective of who your children associate with, and go with your gut feeling if something doesn't seem ok,. Even if all the other idiot parents allow their children to associate with these people. This. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 28138899  Australia11/20/2012 02:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Coaches, clowns, boy scout leaders, priests, rabbis, pastors, puppeteers, camp counsellors, babysitters, teachers, any profession or volunteer who has access to children has those who choose that profession to be near children. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 21916862 Please watch out for your children, these predators mask their monstrous ways behind a smiling exterior. Be overly protective of who your children associate with, and go with your gut feeling if something doesn't seem ok,. Even if all the other idiot parents allow their children to associate with these people. This. As well as school chaplains. No one would expect them. |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 20566260 United States11/20/2012 02:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It pays to be cognizant. Even though we are getting used to hearing these kinds of stories, it still sends a sick feeling in my stomach. I mean come on Elmo. I wonder if this is going to catch media frenzy, or if the media will hide it.... |
| Stoned Prophet User ID: 28175642  Thailand11/21/2012 12:39 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Coaches, clowns, boy scout leaders, priests, rabbis, pastors, puppeteers, camp counsellors, babysitters, teachers, any profession or volunteer who has access to children has those who choose that profession to be near children. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 21916862 Please watch out for your children, these predators mask their monstrous ways behind a smiling exterior. Be overly protective of who your children associate with, and go with your gut feeling if something doesn't seem ok,. Even if all the other idiot parents allow their children to associate with these people. Grown men who are into puppets are probably pedos </stereotype> |
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