Troubling allegations against Kevin Clash, the voice of Elmo on Sesame Street. Via the Washingon Post:

No sooner does PBS’s “Sesame Street” climb out of Mitt Romney’s tumbril — after the re-election of President Obama — than comes word that the voiceover artist/puppeteer who has played Elmo on the show for nearly three decades has been put on leave, amid allegations that he had a sexual relationship with a minor.
Kevin Clash, a Baltimore native, has denied the allegations.
“In June of this year, Sesame Workshop received a communication from a then-23-year-old man who alleged that he had a relationship beginning when he was 16 years old with Kevin Clash, a Sesame Workshop puppeteer who performs as Elmo,” Sesame Workshop said Monday in a statement.
Sesame Workshop said that it took the allegations “very seriously,” acted immediately to meet with the accuser twice and has had “repeated communications” with the accuser.

The rest here.