'Elmo' puppeteer Kevin Clash resigns as second man files lawsuit over new underage sex allegations

ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

There’s a vacancy on Sesame Street.

Puppeteer Kevin Clash, the longtime voice of “Elmo,” resigned Tuesday after a $5 million lawsuit labeled him a pedophile who trolled telephone chat rooms in a hunt for underage lovers.

The lawsuit was the second time this month Clash was hit with allegations of a sexual relationship with an underage teenage boy.

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