NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 22: Elmo and Big Bird make their way through the streets of Manhattan during the 86th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 22, 2012 in New York City. Macy's donated tickets and transportation to this year's Thanksgiving Day Parade to 5,000 people from neighborhoods hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy. (Photo by Andrew Kelly/Getty Images)
A third man has come forward claiming that he had a sexual relationship with Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash when he was underage.
This latest accuser is 29, and says his relationship with Clash started in 2000, when he was 16. He's expected to file a lawsuit today. He'll also release excerpts from a book he's writing about their encounters.
He has not revealed his identity.
He claims he met Clash on a gay chat line . . . where Clash went by the name "Craig" and claimed he was only 30. They met up again in 2003 and 2004, and eventually, the accuser figured out who Clash really was.
His attorney says, "He saw Elmo dolls, an Emmy award and photographs of Elmo with movie stars."
Clash's spokeswoman says, "Mr. Clash believes this lawsuit has no merit."
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