Just as we thought: Kevin Clash, the man behind the voice of Sesame Street’s iconic puppet Elmo, bought his accuser’s silence for $125K, TMZ reports. In addition to cutting a phat check, Clash and his attorneys demanded a retraction of public statements that his accuser Sheldon Stephens made about having underage sex with the puppeteer.
In a prelude to a lawsuit, Stephens claimed he had sexual relations with Clash, 52, when he was only 16.
Multiple sources tell TMZ that Clash and his attorneys met with Stephens and his legal team to hand over the check — and to hash out an agreement that including only one stipulation:
Stephens agrees that immediately upon execution of this Agreement, his counsel, Andreozzi & Associates, P.C., shall release the [following] statement … ‘He [Stephens] wants it to be known that his sexual relationship with Mr. Clash was an adult consensual relationship.'”
The settlement document goes on to say if Stephens is asked by anyone about his relationship with Clash, he must only repeat the statement [above] in the settlement that recants his story.
We’ve learned although Stephens signed the document, he continues to insist Clash had sex with him when he was a minor and was pressured into signing the settlement.
One source privy to the negotiations tells TMZ … Stephens was crying during final negotiations and repeatedly insisted he didn’t want to sign.
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Wow, Elmo must be balling! I’m hoping this story will go away now.
Hey,Auntie! Thanks for the weekend post!
His accusation was baseless. I doubt he had any proof, and I doubt he was crying. He sounds like a scorned lover, based on his criminal history I wouldn’t believe him.
@ DeevaC
Elmo looks like he is smelling Kevin’s fingers in that pic…
Well that’s just fine and dandy @#1-3
(j/k) 
BUT seriously I hope that this wasn’t really an underage/grown man love affair.
125k ain’t enough IMB crying or not crying
Happy Weekend SR and the 3 Roses up top………………………………………………………………………
*4 Roses up top
He should’ve held out for $500,000.00.
Kevin Clash is worth millions and Stephens already knew that. Greedy lawyers should’ve had more patience.
@Stranger: And a happy weekend to you too!
Always wanted to use that emoticon…
If it only took $125k why couldn’t this be settled before his reputation was tarnish? This whole situation is weird…I really don’t know what to believe…..
if something like that happened to me, one i wouldnt wait years until i said some thing but if i felt that violated, i am not taking any money to shut my mouth
Black dudes go gaga over LSLH boys too huh. When I look at pics of gay latino or gay phillipino’s I just think “gay playboy”, and like they came to the states because they could get taken of by rich American men and become a star like what Versace’s killer Andrew Cunanan thought.
@Deeva: I agree with you. He settled pretty darn quick. Perhaps he did not want more details about his past coming out or maybe he has tried this with other men? If he is not telling the truth it makes things harder for those who do have to report abuse. SMH…
Now if he was taken advantage of when he was 16 it was wrong, wrong, wrong! I would like to know: why now? Are there more teen boys in Mr. Clash’s past?
That negro mad because he no longer “fits” the bill. 125K is not much by today’s standards but okie dokie fine.
Honey Elmo *pardon me* Clash has way more to hide; it’ll come out. Let’s just wait and see. Punks gonna be coming out of everywhere to get a check!
I don’t know rather he lied or not but, sometimes companies will pay off lies as well just to make the accuser go away instead of having to drag a court case out in the media.
Poor little Elmo looks distraught in that pic. Que, You Me and He for my man Elmo
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I think this whole thing is sad and unfortunate….. Elmo trickin….I CANT!
If you’re a broke gold-diggin HUSTLER…$125k can seem like a fortune.
The question on my mind now is..will other “alleged victims” come out of the woodwork after getting wind of this settlement?
Let this be a warning to all men who prefer young playmates…the younger they are…the harder YOU fall!
Thanks for the weekend post Sandra. Hope you have a great weekend!
A.J. says: Punks gonna be coming out of everywhere to get a check!
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We are >>>.<<<
well damn ain’t he purty! Not trying to be funny, but when gay or lesbian Black couples see members date outside their race like in the case of Frank and his boo, is it frowned upon?
Just because “elmo” is a celebrity doesnt mean the young mans story isnt true, not saying it is true. But in most of these cases your past ends up working against you. Someone on here said they began a relationship when he was 16 but he lied about his age and told “elmo” he was 18.
@suthern yes it’s.
He was crying cuz he knew $125 won’t enough… I see reality show stardom in his future a la K. Michelle
i don’t MEAN to sound insensitive but at 16 your not that unaware of what your doing, at 16 i was sexually active and i don’t feel NO type of way about the sexual situactions i ALLOWED to happen, yes i’ve matured but even now at 24 i just don’t feel like im some COMPLETE new person, i’ve got alot of the common sense & AWARENESS i had at 16, so yea, it may not be right that at 40 he had this sexual relationship but COME ON does it REALLLLYYYYYY equal a 125k payout???
I really cant take any of This Story Serious! I Just CANNOT
Ni ni says: “Someone on here said they began a relationship when he was 16 but he lied about his age and told “elmo” he was 18.”^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ And this DOES happen…OFTEN, im gulity of this too, at 15 i was tellin dudes i wanted that i was 17, would have SWORE it up & down even tho at 15, CHILE i could barely pass for 13
so should we REALLY be so hard on these men, when SOMETIMES the “kid” is at fault but never gets any of the blame simply because they have “minor” attatched to thier age?
Boi pusscee is so expensive these days…
Hoes be winning.
Tricking aint easy.
It aint tricking if you got it.
Pimps up…hoes down.
Okay I’m gone.
i’m not buying this story tho
His poor wife, she must be like damn then again….maybe she knew all along. As long as those checks kept coming in, Evidently he had some coins. You just never know these days!
That damn KDUB is a fool.
He was probably crying because he ONLY got 125k. What was the point in that? I”m sorry but he should have held out for more if it REALLY happened.
@ tertra114. While I understand what you are saying I disagree with you. Whether or not it is “damaging” or not there is still a law that says you can’t have sex with under aged people. I’m pretty sure he didn’t check ID or ask for ID. Even if the boy said he was 18 he could have done a background check. He is worth too much money NOT to check up on a potential partner. And why wouldn’t he run away when he said he was 18. That just sounds like a lie.
Well that was settled really quickly! Guess he is re-tracting and paying off his victim to try to save what’s left of his career. SHEESH his “kid-friendly career” is OVER!
And the young man was dumped by his legal team…He probably was of age, but had too much dirt on Clash to walk away empty handed.
In more important news, when did we get this?—>
Elmo looks so sad. Poor Elmo
Who Dat says:
Boi pusscee is so expensive these days…
Hoes be winning.
Tricking aint easy.
It aint tricking if you got it.
Pimps up…hoes down.
Okay I’m gone.
*adding on*
It’s hard out here for a pimp
Boot, SR gave us that gift in a post about somebody’s wrapper brother
Ok, going back to finishing my homework
Good Morning Thorns!! Lady Rose!!
:coffee:Good day to all!
Morning Folks
I have 0 fcuks to give to this story…ATL housewives anybody?
Moanin. Somebody call me when the AMA’s post come up…I got some jokes to tell.
Thanks.
He probably was of age, but had too much dirt on Clash to walk away empty handed.
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What more dirt could you have on someone other than “he’s
” or in now out of the closet? 
Well I guess the “…and btw he likes underage boys” would be a selling point, huh? 
Good morning!
ATL housewives Naija, I was in and out…anything funny/ ratchett/ entertaining happen?
NaijaGal says:
Morning Folks
I have 0 fcuks to give to this story…ATL housewives anybody?
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Kordell Stewart married a beard….I didn’t realize that they were newlyweds
NeNe is too hollywood now….can’t tell her anything….
Kim is a waste of screen time….
Kandi’s uncle is hilarious
@MIANY – not too much drama except the new chick Porsha dug into Kenya
@Bnatural – I was with you until the NeNe comment
but I’m a LeNethia Leakes fan 
so I’m a little biased
Morning Naija
ATL housewives anybody? Yes, lets…
-Kenya’s face tho?? There is no excuse, make-up cannot cover those craters. Lop-sided ass literally walking into Hosea Williams shingding, that ass was doing way too much. Then the camera crew pointing down to her man monkey feet:rofl:
:mad:Phaedra’s still rocking those damn scrunchies!! Now this is re-damn-diculous!!
-Kim is so trailer-park its pathetic. Sweetie still the slave.
-Portia is clueless as the day is long, i was hoping that she wouldve went off like her grandfather Hosea William (lord knows he was a hell-raiser in these streets!)
Kandi’s uncle was a mess but I like how it seems she comes from a very loving family
@Miany & @Bnat
It was quite boring. Kim didn’t have a story line, neither did Kandi. I don’t like Kenya.
Can someone explain the DIFFERENCE between Miss USA and Miss America? Serious question.
I was hoping he didnt pay him off and that kevins lawyers just got in that azz. welp. cant really give anyone the benefit of the doubt now a days.
gives me the case of the sads….
prynsexxx says:
@Miany & @Bnat
It was quite boring. Kim didn’t have a story line, neither did Kandi. I don’t like Kenya.
Can someone explain the DIFFERENCE between Miss USA and Miss America? Serious question.
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I read that Miss USA can compete in the Miss Universe pageant while Miss American can’t….
They are both scholarship programs, other than that I don’t know what the difference is….
Oh and I’m loving Lenethia teef since they made their debut earlier this spring!
-Cynthia just happened to be in NY doing some modeling (mmm hmm, ok den).
SN: that Hermes umbrella Cynthia had was dope
Nevermind. Got it.
But ain’t they REPPIN the SAME PLACE? 
Miss USA
* Evening Gown
* Swimsuit
* Interview
Miss America
* Personal Interview
* Talent
* Lifestyle and Fitness in Swimsuit
* Evening Wear
* Onstage Question
@bnatural…I saw where Mrs. Stewart and Ms. Moore were arguing at the “event”. I don’t think I like Moore’s attitude. She seems like she thinks a celebrity in her head.
What are monkey feet?
@AJ – why someone call Keyna Crunchy Peanut Butter though
…I’m so over Phaedra and her so called donkey booty, she just has a regular butt to me…no comment on Kim, I literally ignored her scenes
@Bnat
In essence, there is NO DIFFERENCE, or as I like to say sometimes….same difference. LOL
Morning Roses
Kdub
Naija
B
Dazzle
Pryn
AJ
Miany
I dont care for this story any more either. I mean the 125K makes me sick to my stomach. Im with Naija… How bout them damn ATL housewives…Lawd Lawd!
@69
I don’t know what monkey feet are but my nephew and I have a saying when the bottoms of his feet are “throw away black”, I tell him he has “monkey paws”.
Miany says:
@bnatural…I saw where Mrs. Stewart and Ms. Moore were arguing at the “event”. I don’t think I like Moore’s attitude. She seems like she thinks a celebrity in her head.
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she’s miss usa and don’t you forget it
Cynthia just happened to be in NY doing some modeling
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I side-eye’d that too.
@KEESH
@PRYNN – apparently Miss America is for people with substance, i.e. Vanessa Willams and Miss USA is for slores, i.e. Kenya and that Shayne chick that was married to Travis Barker, oh and that cocaine chick
I simply adore Cynthia and NeNe’s friendship…it’s genuine…like Kandi & Phaedra’s…anyone notice little humps on Phaedra’s hairline, was she wearing a lacefront?
NaijaGal says:
she’s miss usa and don’t you forget it
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Or do you mean Miss America? I forget and get them confused (like the REST of the world) sometimes.
good morning yall! sorry for not speaking
Naija says:
anyone notice little humps on Phaedra’s hairline, was she wearing a lacefront?
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I noticed something but I didn’t pay as much attention to it as I did her face. HOMEGIRL’S FACE WAS BEAT when she was sitting at that bar with Kap’n Krunch-Face Kenya.
Miany says:
@bnatural…I saw where Mrs. Stewart and Ms. Moore were arguing at the “event”. I don’t think I like Moore’s attitude. She seems like she thinks a celebrity in her head.
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Yes….”lend my celebrity” name to help her
while I don’t like Kenya I think that she adds some flare to the show….
Did anyone else catch Kenya saying google me and Porsha saying her name isn’t even in the search even because she’s so old
I soooooooo wonder why Kenya’s attitude is so stank for her not to be as well known anymore…but I think I just gave myself that answer
Miss America supposedly holds more prestige etc since it is the older pageant. I stopped watching the ish after Kim the black Miss South Carolina won…wait the deaf Miss Alabama…Heather somebody or another. This was LONG ago.
Awwww nah !
This new huh —> 
this comment is from tamara tattles:
hey tamara ,im from pittsburgh, did you know that porsha’s hubby kordell stewart aka slash, the steelers former quarter back is bisexual and was arrested beating up his tranny girlfriend, google it, it’s true he is bisexual,his tranny girl was a pretty redbone ,with long hair,this was back in the late nineties in the burgh
Interesting hearing yall take on the difference between Ms. America and Ms. USA…cause that shiat was mind boggling to me!
@Dazzle
Don’t be sorry. I only speak (sometimes/barely) when there is a FRESH post. This post been sitting for some days now. LOL j/k I speak when I’m not
posting. Which I should be now b/c I got mad work to do but I’m hungry, so it can wait. 
Did anyone else catch Kenya saying google me and Porsha saying her name isn’t even in the search even because she’s so old
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*goes to test this theory*
lol…..yeah, Phaedra doesn’t look like she has a donkey booty but, I get it. She’s just tryna build a brand. I missed Kandi’s segment. Kim is so pretentious, talking bout the townhouse is too small while she’s getting evicted…knowing good and damn well she need to be moving back into that damn townhouse. (oh, maybe we’ll go rent out a hotel penthouse suite for a few months cuz we need every sq. foot we can get). Kroy that poor, young, country fool.
<—- has 3 day workweek and won't be back until Decemeber after Wednesday
NaijaGal says:
this comment is from tamara tattles:
hey tamara ,im from pittsburgh, did you know that porsha’s hubby kordell stewart aka slash, the steelers former quarter back is bisexual and was arrested beating up his tranny girlfriend, google it, it’s true he is bisexual,his tranny girl was a pretty redbone ,with long hair,this was back in the late nineties in the burgh
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Check my comments earlier
…I said he married a beard….
Did anyone else catch Kenya saying google me and Porsha saying her name isn’t even in the search even because she’s so old
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She set herself up for that one tho. T’was indeed funny. But I did not see a power-woman nothing in that tent. Did yall?
The restaurant scene between Porsha and Kenya was like a bad medical exam, the script had to be written by the Atlanta Falcon cheerleaders.:cheer1:
At Miss Universe 1993, Kenya was heavily booed after becoming one of the 10 semifinalists.
This screamed at me 
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A.J. says:
Did anyone else catch Kenya saying google me and Porsha saying her name isn’t even in the search even because she’s so old
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She set herself up for that one tho. T’was indeed funny. But I did not see a power-woman nothing in that tent. Did yall?
The restaurant scene between Porsha and Kenya was like a bad medical exam, the script had to be written by the Atlanta Falcon cheerleaders.:cheer1:
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They barely showed anyone else…maybe they preferred to not be filmed :shrug:. Only 30 women though?
Yall gonna let Kenya be GREAT. If you starred in a movie with Shazza from a Different World…your azz would want to live forever like Fame too.
Have yall see that pic of his dack? Shrivelage doesnt even begin to describe. Ken deserves credit for having to put up with that. Even if it WAS only on-screen.
I would love to see Auntie do a post on the RHOA with a pic of Kenya feet….That damn baby toes was holding on to its dear ashy life. I covered my mouth when the camera rested on them….
Even if it WAS only on-screen.
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Bedazzled His Razzle says:
At Miss Universe 1993, Kenya was heavily booed after becoming one of the 10 semifinalists.
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This screamed at me
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I’m sure this was because of racism or disdain for the U.S. and nothing else…
so when I “googled” kenya (lord bless both her and my heart) I saw a picture of her where her face had gotten chunkier or whatever, she looks like a suntanned Lil Kim to me.
(I hope yall dont think I aint know who she was from this font 
I just wanted to see if she was the first search subject)
@Kdub
Shazza? My crackhead boo, Gary Dourdan? His dack?
Whose dack are you referring to?
Kenya was in Tois?
*snaps fingers* SHE SHOLE WAS (if I can remember correctly)! All I really remember was the fact that Gary had on some cheap ass shoes when that snake came from under his seat in the car. LOL
bnatural says:
Bedazzled His Razzle says:
At Miss Universe 1993, Kenya was heavily booed after becoming one of the 10 semifinalists.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This screamed at me
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I’m sure this was because of racism or disdain for the U.S. and nothing else…
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Idk cause the page said it was because Miss Mexico didnt make the cut…
O’an ON TOPIC…..
Mr. Clash paid for cash for dat ass. I hope it was bad.
Moore competed in numerous beauty pageants in 1993; first becoming Miss Michigan USA, then Miss USA 1993. Moore was crowned by outgoing titleholder Shannon Marketic of California. Moore became the second Miss USA titileholder from Michigan and the second African-American winner ever, and then competed in Miss Universe 1993, where she finished fifth. At Miss Universe 1993, Kenya was heavily booed after becoming one of the 10 semifinalists. This may have been attributed to Kenya’s entry into the top 10, while Miss Mexico 1993 failed to make the cut.
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a la Wiki…
Had to make sure i wasn’t logged into some Gay Site…
Cause all the post are of gay men…
Auntie…can we get some …no Rainbow related news…jsut a little bit??
[Disclaimer: I fully support those of alternative lifestyles]
so I clicked on a “recent” photo of Gary and lets just say I wish we could load photos in posts other than our gravies
NO RAINBOW RELATED NEWS!!!
Shazza? My crackhead boo, Gary Dourdan? His dack? Whose dack are you referring to?
^^ There was a pic back when he was on CSI of his dack and it evokes words like…
Itty bitty
Wee bitty
Widdle
Bite Sized
jeniefrumdabloc says:
you know its a damn shame how big and fat Christina Aguilera has gotten she look like she damn stank
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To-nite’s your luuh-cky night I know you waaaaant iiit OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!
you know its a damn shame how big and fat Christina Aguilera has gotten she look like she damn stank
^^ This is one of my jokes for when we get an AMA’s post.
@Sandra
I’m patiently waiting for a post on the travesty that happened at the END of the AMA’s last night….
#hammertime
Christina always looks so normal on the Voice, maybe it’s because she’s sitting…but her body isn’t bad, she just needs to stop dressing like she’s still a size 0/2
@RAZZLE – but that’s my jam though, even if the video is about her killing guys
how good for nothing is bravo for not being able to play full episodes on their site
@Naija I havent seen the video
*goes to search Your Body* 
My-my-my-my music hits me so hard makes me say oh my Lord
Thank you for blessing me with a mind to rhyme and two hyped feet
It feels good when you know you’re down
A superdope homeboy from the Oaktown
And I’m known as such
And this is a beat uh u can’t touch
@Naija
I promise I didn’t realize what was going on at first…I was on the phone with my cousin and on Twitter at the same time…the AMA’s were just on as background noise…but then I looked up and I see hammer pants and a geriatric HAMMER dancin’ his ass off!
I SEE THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR IS BECOMING LUCRATIVE, SOMETHING FOR LITTLE GAY BOYS TO ASPIRE TO BE-SCANDALOUS
THE LEVEL OF PERVERSION IS RATCHET, BUT ANY WHO