Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash has resigned from "Sesame Street" in the wake of new allegations that he had sex with an under-aged youth. In its statement Tuesday, Sesame Workshop said "the controversy ...

The puppeteer who has played Elmo for nearly three decades has taken leave from “Sesame Street” in the wake of “unsubstantiated” underage sex allegations against him, according to Sesame Workshop.

The puppeteer who voices the Sesame Street character Elmo has been granted a leave of absence from the long-running children's show in the midst of an allegation that he had a past relationship with a ...