Elmo, no!

**pohibaba** · 2012-11-13 22:22

Originally Posted by Plow

Is there really much damage done? I mean yeah I'm sure it was painful, but there's no way this should be allowed to affect his career, or elmo, or anything.

Didn't we already know he was gay? So any backlash from that would already have been going?

He won't lose his job at Sesame Street, but it will most likely effect his ability to make paid public appearances for at least a little while.

**Skjie** · 2012-11-13 22:29

Originally Posted by Mazmaz

Case in point: Michael Jackson.

Except MJ actually did have sleepovers with kids.

**Correction** · 2012-11-13 22:30

Originally Posted by Plow

Is there really much damage done? I mean yeah I'm sure it was painful, but there's no way this should be allowed to affect his career, or elmo, or anything.

Didn't we already know he was gay? So any backlash from that would already have been going?

Folks tend only to remember one headline at a time, and now that headling is Petraeus, not Kevin Clash. The extent of the damage done has yet to be known I reckon.

**Ragnus** · 2012-11-14 08:25

Originally Posted by Skjie

Except MJ actually did have sleepovers with kids.

Which never went anywhere outside of a 40+ year old manchild having a sleepover with kids to try and reconcile his broken childhood.

**Dimmauk** · 2012-11-14 09:49

Originally Posted by Ksandra

Sad, but true. Let's just hope it dies down quickly.

I think it will. Just depends on the parents. My daughter is 6, and has seen almost every episode of Pee Wee's playhouse. Just saying.

**Qalbert** · 2012-11-19 22:56

http://www.avclub.com/articles/accus...ntation,88933/

Despite having wrapped with a tidy out-of-court settlement—and despite this immediately ensuring no one would ever again mention the voice of Elmo being involved in a possible sex scandal—Kevin Clash's accuser, Sheldon Stephens, now says he wants to recant his recantation and renew his allegations against Clash, as well as the sick, squirmy dread you feel whenever your child sees a picture of Elmo on the news.
The surprise move comes after Stephens found himself the target of inquiries into his own reputation, when The Smoking Gun delved into Stephens' background to identify him as a "struggling model" who friends say "attracts high-powered men," and who was once arrested for stealing at knifepoint some $250,000 in jewelry from a music manager who'd just fired him. Naturally, this—combined with reports of a quick pay-off—caused some to question Stephens' motivations for accusing Elmo's puppeteer, besides the all-consuming blackness currently pursuing us all.
Stephens now maintains that his initial accusation was the truth, with TMZ reporting that Stephens was "literally crying" during his settlement negotiations and stating "repeatedly" that "he didn't want to sign" the statement retracting his initial charge, but that he was coerced again into a non-consensual act that he only now realizes is wrong. Stephens is said to be meeting with lawyers about helping him undo his settlement, hoping that forfeiting the money and returning to his initial story will help him "restore his name." Indeed, it would be unfortunate if this whole thing ended up doing irreparable damage to someone just because of some lies and some money.

**Ragnus** · 2012-11-20 08:58

Seriously, fuck that guy.

**Abandon** · 2012-11-20 09:23

elmo did, apparently

**Byrthnoth** · 2012-11-20 10:13

Think they RPed?

How could they not?

**Ragnus** · 2012-11-20 10:29

Originally Posted by Abandon

elmo did, apparently

Touche.

**Cail** · 2012-11-20 10:30

Originally Posted by Abandon

elmo did, apparently

rofl

**Salodin** · 2012-11-20 11:03

Even if you give the money back, once its settled, its settled right? Wouldn't that be double jeopardy or something?

**Eurell** · 2012-11-20 11:10

I'm probably wrong, but I didn't thin that works unless you go on trial for it.

**Qalbert** · 2012-11-20 11:25

http://gawker.com/5962135/second-man...r-teenage-boys

Just when you thought it was safe to tickle Elmo again, the erstwhile settled sex scandal roars back with a vengeance.

One day after Kevin Clash's initial accuser, "struggling model" Sheldon Stephens, retracted his recantation and asked to have his $125,000 settlement undone, a second accuser has stepped into the limelight to claim that he too had a sexual relationship with the voice actor while still a minor.
The unnamed man is suing Clash in federal court, claiming the two met in 1993 on a gay phone chat line. Now in his 30s, the accuser says he was 15 at the time, and Clash was 17 years his senior.

Per court documents, obtained by TMZ, the accuser alleges Clash "groomed [him] to gain his trust by, among other things, taking him to nice dinners and giving him money."

He goes on to claim that this was something of a hobby for Clash who regularly "trolled gay telephone chat line rooms to meet and have sex with underage boys."

As to why he hadn't previously come forward, the accuser says he just recently became aware of "adverse psychological and emotional effects from Kevin Clash's sexual acts and conduct."

The lawsuit seeks over $5 million in damages.

UPDATE: The New York Times is reporting that Clash has just handed Sesame Street his two weeks notice. Sesame Workshop has released the following statement:

Sesame Workshop's mission is to harness the educational power of media to help all children the world over reach their highest potential. Kevin Clash has helped us achieve that mission for 28 years, and none of us, especially Kevin, want anything to divert our attention from our focus on serving as a leading educational organization. Unfortunately, the controversy surrounding Kevin's personal life has become a distraction that none of us want, and he has concluded that he can no longer be effective in his job and has resigned from Sesame Street. This is a sad day for Sesame Street.

Clash had been the voice of Elmo since 1984.

**Odin'sLaw** · 2012-11-20 11:48

something something don't be a gay prostitute at 15? (since that's basically what your doing on the phone young sir!)

**Salodin** · 2012-11-20 12:26

Holy shit can't believe mr.elmo stepped down...end of an era, even if elmo will live on after him.

**Correction** · 2012-11-20 13:40

The unnamed man is suing Clash in federal court, claiming the two met in 1993 on a gay phone chat line. Now in his 30s, the accuser says he was 15 at the time, and Clash was 17 years his senior.

from TMZ:

8:40 AM PT -- The accuser's lawyer has filed new court docs, in which the date of the alleged abuse has been changed from 1993 to 2003. The accuser also says he is currently 24-years-old ... and chalks up the mistake to a typo.

Someone is very wrong or lying badly about the 2nd accuser's age. What is happening?

**Edgie** · 2012-11-20 13:47

Looks like he was probably pushed out of Sesame street, he has resigned from the show.

**Salodin** · 2012-11-20 13:52

The republican spin on this: "cut funding to PBS, all they do is support homosexual pedophiles!"

**Correction** · 2012-11-20 14:38

Originally Posted by Salodin

The republican spin on this: "cut funding to PBS, all they do is support homosexual pedophiles!"

The counter-spin would be to revoke tax-exempt status for the Catholic Church in the US, for largely the same reasons.

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