Voice of Elmo Kevin Clash quits 'Sesame Street' amid more sex allegations NEW YORK - In 2011, Kevin Clash starred in the Sundance award-winning documentary "Being Elmo." "When I was nine years old, it was just a dream that I had: Wow, I wish that I could work with the Muppets," Clash says in the film's trailer. Now that dream has turned into a nightmare. Sesame Workshop says Clash, Elmo's puppeteer and voice, has resigned from "Sesame Street" in the wake of allegations that he had sex with an under-aged youth. Last week, a man accused Clash of having sex with him when he was a teenage boy, a charge Clash denied. A day later, the man recanted his charge. A day after that, he recanted his recantation. Then a lawsuit by a second accuser was filed Tuesday, according to attorney Cecil Singleton. It was more than Sesame Street could stomach. Sesame Workshop's mission is to harness the educational power of media to help all children the world over reach their highest potential. Kevin Clash has helped us achieve that mission for 28 years, and none of us, especially Kevin, want anything to divert our attention from our focus on serving as a leading educational organization," the program said in a statement to FoxNews.com. Unfortunately, the controversy surrounding Kevin's personal life has become a distraction that none of us wants, 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. Last week, as the sex scandal unfolded, with a young man accusing Clash of having sex with him when he was 16, Sesame Street honchos tried to assure fans that the high-pitched puppet was more than just the voice Clash gave him. Clash, 52, admitted to TMZ he and the individual had sex, but only after he was above the age of consent. The AP contributed to this report.