Tickle Me Elmo - 1996 - by Tyco - Only rivaled by the cabbage patch, Elmo was a pricey toy wasn't expected to be a hit, so supplies were limited. Elmo was featured on The Rosie O'Donnell Show and it took off. Dolls sold on black market for hundreds of dollars. Cartier even put one draped with a diamond necklace and bracelet in it's 5th Avenue store, advertising the doll was a free gift with the $1 million purchase. Elmo is still on the market, updated to the LOL Elmo for 2012.
Kevin Clash, the voice behind "Sesame Street's" Elmo resigned yesterday, after another man came forward claiming he had a sexual relationship with Kevin when he was underage. The first guy claimed the same and was awarded $125,000 to drop the charges and stay quiet.
The second accuser is a 24-year-old man named Cecil Singleton. He is suing Clash for $5 million claiming the two of them engaged in, "sexual activity" when Singleton was 15 . . . nine years ago.
In his lawsuit he said that he, "did not become aware that he had suffered adverse psychological and emotional effects from Kevin Clash's sexual acts and conduct until 2012."
Clash "groomed" the boy by giving him money and taking him out for expensive dinners.
At a press conference yesterday, he said the "sexual activity" that occurred when he was underage included, "groping, masturbation, a lot of intense kissing, touching and dry humping."
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