Kevin Clash may have paid his last visit to ‘Sesame Street,’ but his work as Elmo lives on as his voice was used in the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade on Thursday. According to sources, he will also continue to be a part of the show as he has reportedly already filmed enough material to last for the next two years.

Clash was forced to resign from his long run on the beloved television show, as his sexual abuse scandal continues to grow. The first man to accuse his of sex with an underage male had originally recanted his claim but when a second man came forward he decided to stick to his original allegations.

With the scandal making headlines, many wondered if Elmo would still be a part of the annual parade but Macy’s officials issued a statement explaining: “Current events have no bearing on Sesame’s participation in the parade and we are confident their world-renowned, family-friendly entertainment and educational programming will continue to bring kids and families joy for decades.”

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Cecil Singleton, the 2^nd man to come forward and accuse ‘Elmo’ pupetteer Kevin Clash of sex with a minor, held a press conference yesterday where he revealed that he was “shocked” to discover the Clash worked for Sesame Street.

Singleton told reports that he met Clash on a gay chat line and later spent 2 weeks involved in a sexual relationship with him when he was only 15 years old. Singleton, now 24, said that he only discovered what Clash did for a living many years later when he Googled his name. “I was shocked when I found out what he did for a living,” Singleton told reporters.

Singleton is seeking $5 million in a lawsuit filed this week and his lawyer has reportedly been in touch with two other men who claim that they also engaged in underage sex with Clash.  In light of the new allegations, Clash officially resigned from his job on Sesame Street saying he was “deeply sorry to be leaving.”

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Kevin Clash officially resigned from Sesame Street today after a new lawsuit was filed, the second in 2 weeks, which accuses him of engaging in a sexual relationship with an underage male.

The new lawsuit was filed by Cecil Singleton, and alleges that the two met back in 1993 when he was only 15 and Clash was 32. The Sesame Workshop issued a statement today saying: “Unfortunately, the controversy surrounding Kevin’s personal life has become a distraction that none of us want, and he has concluded that he can no longer be effective in his job and has resigned from Sesame Street. This is a sad day for Sesame Street.” Reps for the show have already assured fans that Elmo will like on saying that he “is bigger than any one person.”

Earlier this week, Clash’s original accuser Sheldon Stephens accepted a $125,000 settlement to drop his charges but only a day later began express regret at the decision and now maintains that his original story was the truth.

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It looks like puppeteer Kevin Clash can take a deep sigh of relief this week as his accuser has recanted his accusations of an underage sexual relationship.

The Smoking Gun was able to identify the accuser as 24-year old Sheldon Stephens, an aspiring model and actor. The site confirmed his role in the affair “with two sources, a family member and a friend.” The Smoking Gun also uncovered a 2009 arrest for Stephens, who was picked up at a Pennsylvania airport wearing $250,000 worth of jewelry allegedly stolen from a music manager from Los Angeles. Stephens had originally claimed that Clash had carried on a sexual relationship with him when he was only 16 but in a statement released to the New York Times through his lawyer Stephens says he “wants it to be known that his sexual relationship with Clash was an adult consensual relationship.”

Clash, who has taken a leave of absence from Sesame Street since the scandal broke, has been claiming all along that Stephens was 18 when the affair took place.

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Kevin Clash, the puppeteer behind the beloved Elmo character, has taken a leave of absence from Sesame Street after allegations surfaced that he had an inappropriate relationship with a 16 year old male. Clash continues to deny any wrong doing but does admit to carrying on a consensual relationship with his accuser, now 23, when he was of legal age.

“I am a gay man. I have never been ashamed of this or tried to hide it, but felt it was a personal and private matter,” Clash said in a statement issued through a personal representative. He went on to say that: “I had a relationship with the accuser. It was between two consenting adults and I am deeply saddened that he is trying to characterize it as something other than it was. I am taking a break from Sesame Workshop to deal with this false and defamatory allegation.”

Clash may be leaving but Elmo will continue to appear on Sesame Street according to reps for the program.

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