A fourth man has stepped up to say he was sexually abused as a teen by Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash.
The unidentified accuser met the famed “Sesame Street’’ muppet master in around 1995, when the alleged victim was about 16, during a stroll on a Miami beach, said the man’s lawyer, Jeff Herman.
Not long after, Clash, who lives in Manhattan, called the then-teen and the boy told him he was having trouble at home, Herman said.
Clash, about 35 years old at the time, urged the boy to come up to see him in New York City, the lawyer said.
So the boy “kind of ran away from home and stayed with Clash for a few days, and that’s when the sexual activity took place,’’ said Herman, who represents three of the now-four alleged victims.
Herman said he will file a civil suit in Manhattan federal court today on behalf of the man, now in his 30s.
Clash’s rep did not immediately respond to a request for comment.