Kevin Clash

PHILADELPHIA — A judge in Pennsylvania dismissed the last of five sex-abuse lawsuits filed against the Emmy-winning puppeteer who voiced the “Sesame Street” character Elmo. The ruling did not weigh the merits of the claims but said 25-year-old accuser Sheldon Stephens filed suit too late against actor Kevin Clash.

NEW YORK — A federal appeals court has upheld a 2013 district court ruling, clearing former Sesame Street puppeteer Kevin Clash in three lawsuits brought by men who said he sexually abused them when they were underage.

NEW YORK — Three lawsuits brought by men who said former Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash sexually abused them when they were underage were tossed out by a federal judge who said in a decision published Monday that the men waited too long to sue.

NEW YORK — A third man has come forward alleging he had engaged in sexual activity when he was only 16-years-old, with former “Sesame Street” puppeteer Kevin Clash.

Longtime “Sesame Street” puppeteer Kevin Clash resigned Tuesday afternoon from the Sesame Workshop after a lawsuit was filed in New York District Court by 24-year-old college student claiming that he engaged in a sexual relationship with Clash over a two-week period while he was underage.

The man who accused “Sesame Street” puppeteer Kevin Clash of having a sexual encounter with him when he was 16, has retracted his statements.

Kevin Clash — the openly gay actor who voices Sesame Street’s Muppet character Elmo — has taken a leave of absence to fight accusations that he had a sexual relationship with an underage male.