Does this look like the face of a man who would try and take down Elmo? Why yes, yes it does.
![Sheldon Stephen](https://dailycaller.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Sheldon-Stephen.jpg)
Earlier this week, fans of “Sesame Street” were horrified to learn that the longtime voice behind Elmo, Kevin Clash, allegedly had sex with a 16-year-old when he was 45, which is bad because that is illegal and also disturbing coming from a man who portrays a beloved character on a beloved children’s TV series.
Clash took a leave of absence from the show to protect his privacy once the allegations went public. Sesame Street Workshop disciplined Clash for improper Internet usage because he was sending explicit e-mails to the accuser. (In the future, maybe don’t send things like “I can’t stop thinking about sex with you” over your company e-mail.) The company said that it investigated the underage sex claims over the summer and found them to be unsubstantiated.
Just a day after the allegations went public, the accuser recanted his allegation and admitted that his relationship with Clash was an “adult consensual relationship.”
Now — thanks to the Smoking Gun — we can put a face, a name and a shirtless torso to the man who tried to take down Elmo.
Aspiring actor and model Sheldon Stephens is allegedly the man who had the “adult consensual relationship” with clash — but whose lawyers allegedly tried to score a six-figure settlement with Clash’s lawyer before Stephens recanted, according to TMZ.
Andreozzi & Associates, who was representing Stephens in the case, has since dropped him as a client.
Stephens was once arrested for stealing $250,000 from a music manager at knifepoint, so he kinda seems like the type of guy that might try and extort Elmo.
Moral of the story: Good wins over evil every time, 60 percent of the time. Let the voice of Elmo have consensual adult relations in peace.