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In reply to the discussion: Kevin Clash, Elmo Puppeteer, Resigns [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)73. Again, you meet someone in a bar, do you "card" them later?
I don't think so. Also, he's not accused of having
"sexual intercourse" with the kid--and this does look like the guy is being shaken down.
Clash did not address the new allegations. He said previously that he had an adult and consensual relationship with the first accuser. The divorced father of a grown daughter, he acknowledged that he is gay.
At a news conference Tuesday, Singleton said he and Clash met on a gay chat line when he was 15, and for a two-week period, they had sexual contact but not intercourse. He said he didnt know what Clash did for a living until he was 19 and Googled his name.
At a news conference Tuesday, Singleton said he and Clash met on a gay chat line when he was 15, and for a two-week period, they had sexual contact but not intercourse. He said he didnt know what Clash did for a living until he was 19 and Googled his name.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/sesame-workshop-says-elmo-actor-kevin-clash-resigned-calling-sex-allegations-distraction/2012/11/20/47b67eb0-332f-11e2-92f0-496af208bf23_story.html?tid=pm_entertainment_pop
Why would "what he does for a living" matter? Do we sue wealthy puppeteers, but not, say, janitors or garbagemen?
Time will tell.
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No -- you aren't right. The controversy was invented by the accuser, looking for a payday.
MADem
Nov 2012
#5
Catholic priests generally molest prepubescent children, not sexually active teens who seek out
MADem
Nov 2012
#38
The average age during the decade when this even supposedly occurred, according to the table,
pnwmom
Nov 2012
#80
I am not saying that anything is "OK" though you seem eager--nay, ANXIOUS--to put those kinds of
MADem
Nov 2012
#83
Where have I said anything that indicates I think there is evidence he is guilty?
pnwmom
Nov 2012
#86
I don't think the Vatican has a history of consistently protecting puppeteers...
LanternWaste
Nov 2012
#46
Ahhh that's different. I had no idea of the others. I'll have to read up on it. nt
Javaman
Nov 2012
#15
Clash admits relations with the initial accuser, but that the dude was 18 (or 17) at the time
AngryAmish
Nov 2012
#27
I think Donald Trump's habit of trading in his wives for younger models is reprehensible, too.
MADem
Nov 2012
#35
Statistically, the large majority of priests accused of abuse abused underage teens,
pnwmom
Nov 2012
#50
Even if children represent themselves as 18, it's still up to the adult to KNOW. nt
pnwmom
Nov 2012
#32
I don't know anything about that situation. But I've told my own sons that at the very least
pnwmom
Nov 2012
#48
Doesn't matter. It's up to the adult to make sure that his or her prospective partner is of age.
pnwmom
Nov 2012
#85
That's absurd--when an "adult" assumes he or she is dealing with another "adult," there isn't
MADem
Nov 2012
#91
If Clash, like Lowe, was deceived by minors carrying fake ID's, that should let him off the hook.
pnwmom
Nov 2012
#94
People said the same thing about the Penn State coach -- at first. The only thing
pnwmom
Nov 2012
#47
'Elmo' puppeteer Kevin Clash resigns as second man files lawsuit over new underage sex allegations
struggle4progress
Nov 2012
#28
According to one of those articles, the first accuser wants to give the settlement money back now
pnwmom
Nov 2012
#49
He had to resign. He clearly violated the Uniform Code of Muppet Justice. nt
eppur_se_muova
Nov 2012
#45
Does anyone find the timing after Bird Bird was so prominent in the election suspicious?
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#102