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In the discussion thread: Elmo Voice Actor Exits Sesame Street Over Allegations of Underage Sex with Teen Boy [View all]

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Sun Nov 18, 2012, 06:21 PM

Nye Bevan (10,872 posts)

34. Well I think Roman Polanski should be in prison (nt)

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41 replies	Author	Time	Post
Elmo Voice Actor Exits Sesame Street Over Allegations of Underage Sex with Teen Boy [View all]	Bucky	Nov 2012	OP
I have to wonder	haikugal	Nov 2012	#1
I wonder if a lawyer is involved in this.	McCamy Taylor	Nov 2012	#4
I'd suspect a lawyer was	Anthony McCarthy	Nov 2012	#10
Thanks for your reasoned response	haikugal	Nov 2012	#11
Clash is 52 right now	customerserviceguy	Nov 2012	#2
Creepy does not equal illegal. This could all be blackmail.	McCamy Taylor	Nov 2012	#3
I think the guy was 16 at the time. Some states have different age of consent rules, but this...	hrmjustin	Nov 2012	#5
Even if the age of consent was 18, generally	Jackpine Radical	Nov 2012	#29
Creepy yes	4th law of robotics	Nov 2012	#17
True	customerserviceguy	Nov 2012	#18
Consensual should not be in scare quotes	obamanut2012	Nov 2012	#25
Until more facts are known	customerserviceguy	Nov 2012	#30
The fact is that the accuser recanted his accusation. (nt)	Posteritatis	Nov 2012	#31
Thanks, I missed that	customerserviceguy	Nov 2012	#33
So the accuser is claiming statutory rape after the fact? Sounds like a revenge play.	Poll_Blind	Nov 2012	#6
There is no court	obamanut2012	Nov 2012	#26
the boy was of legal age	dlwickham	Nov 2012	#7
Still sounds creepy	jollyreaper2112	Nov 2012	#8
The accused says the boy was of legal age but	onenote	Nov 2012	#9
The accused claims the boy was an 18 year old man	mzmolly	Nov 2012	#12
The accused says he was 18	obamanut2012	Nov 2012	#27
Is this nasty, nasty setup on a personal or national level ? I will wait and see. n/t	kickysnana	Nov 2012	#13
There's nothing to see -- it's over	obamanut2012	Nov 2012	#28
Elmo, I would have suspected the Cookie Monster, but not you. I'm clearly disappointed	olddad56	Nov 2012	#14
You have to be careful...	awoke_in_2003	Nov 2012	#15
And all this time I thought it was Bert and Ernie.	marble falls	Nov 2012	#16
Man who accused Elmo puppeteer of teen sex recants (13 November)	struggle4progress	Nov 2012	#19
Sesame Street star cleared of sex with underage boy (14 November)	struggle4progress	Nov 2012	#20
'Elmo' Accuser Recants Allegations of Underage Sex With Kevin Clash	struggle4progress	Nov 2012	#21
Apparently he was paid $125,000 to "recant".	Nye Bevan	Nov 2012	#22
"... according to TMZ ..."	struggle4progress	Nov 2012	#23
No, he extorted 125K from Clash	obamanut2012	Nov 2012	#24
I hope sesame street is more lenient than most employers on this	4th law of robotics	Nov 2012	#35
He's resigned, hasn't he?	struggle4progress	Nov 2012	#37
I thought he was on voluntary leave	4th law of robotics	Nov 2012	#38
Kevin Clash, Elmo Puppeteer, Resigns	struggle4progress	Nov 2012	#39
Terrible	4th law of robotics	Nov 2012	#40
The double standard here is because it was a same-sex male relationship. Therefore everyone	Puregonzo1188	Nov 2012	#32
Well I think Roman Polanski should be in prison (nt)	Nye Bevan	Nov 2012	#34
The issue is that the accused is a male	4th law of robotics	Nov 2012	#36
I agree with you summation 100%, but I do think there is also an edge of homophobia when it is two	Puregonzo1188	Nov 2012	#41

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