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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Puppeteer Kevin Clash Sued by Third Accuser

A third man has accused the Turner Station native of engaging in underage sex with him.

A third man has stepped forward to accuse puppeteer Kevin Clash of engaging in a sexual relationship with him while he was underage. Clash, a Dundalk native, is accused of using alcohol to "groom" the then-16-year-old boy into sexual activity, the New York Daily News reported today. The paper cited a lawsuit filed by the accuser using the name "John Doe" in Manhattan Federal Court on Tuesday. The accuser, now 29, claims to have met Clash in 2000 on a gay phone chat line when he was a 16-year-old aspiring model from New Jersey. Clash resigned from his job as the voice of Elmo last week after a $5 million lawsuit was filed by Cecil Singleton, 24, who claims that Clash had sex with him when he was 15. The Singleton lawsuit was filed shortly …

Buzz Beeler

10:52 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012

The age of consent in MD is 16 as long as you don't have custodial care custody of the person . So sad. A bad year for bad news.   more ›

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Kevin Clash Accuser is Identified by Online News Outlet

Citing two sources, The Smoking Gun identifies Clash's sexual impropriety accuser as Sheldon Stephens of Harrisburg, Pa.

The Smoking Gun website has uncovered the identity of the man who accused puppeteer Kevin Clash of having an under-age sexual relationship with him. Citing two sources—a family member and a friend—The Smoking Gun said Clash's accuser is 24-year-old Sheldon Stephens, an aspiring model and actor. Stephens did not respond to requests for comment made by the website to his Facebook and Twitter accounts, according to The Smoking Gun's article. Through the website TMZ, Stephens on Monday accused Clash, a Dundalk native and 1979 graduate of Dundalk High School, of the sexual impropriety, and recanted his accusation the next day through a statement issued by the Harrisburg, PA law firm of Andreozzi and Associates. According to The Smoking Gun, …

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Marge Neal

2:48 pm on Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Dundalk Patch published new stories today: http://dundalk.patch.com/articles/kevin-clash-resigns-as-voice-of-elmo http://dundalk.patch.com/articles/clash-faces-allegations-of-second-accuser-nov-20-2012   more ›

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