Elmo puppeteer faces new child sex abuse lawsuit

A man has sued a former Sesame Street puppeteer who resigned amid sex abuse allegations, saying the actor met him a dozen years ago after trawling gay telephone chat lines for underage boys for sex.

Elmo puppeteer faces new child sex abuse lawsuit

The lawsuit, seeking unspecified damages, was filed in US District Court in Manhattan by a Florida man who remains anonymous, making him the third person to make claims against Kevin Clash, who resigned from Sesame Street last week.

Clash denied the first claim, which was recanted the next day. But Clash resigned after a 24-year-old student sued him for $5m (€3.9m), saying Clash engaged in sexual behaviour with him when he was 15.

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