Garfield lost his mother in 2019 following her battle with pancreatic cancer.

The puppeteer behind Elmo Puppeteer escaped all three sexual abuse lawsuits on Monday due to statute of limitations. After 28 years, Kevin Clash left his role of Elmo from Sesame Workshop last November when rumors surfaced involving sexual conduct with underage boys. A ruling on Monday determined by a New York judge stated that the claims against Clash were filed too late and all three lawsuits were dropped.

Kevin Clash, the former Sesame Street puppeteer is making headlines again, with one of the original accusers in the sex scandal adding more allegations.

Kevin Clash is no longer facing a claim that he was involved in an underage sexual relationship. The unidentified man who accused Kevin Clash, the voice and puppeteer of the "Sesame Street" character Elmo, has recanted that claim of having intimate relatioons with him hen he was a minor. The law firm that represented the accuser, Andreozzi & Associates, said in a statement to the Los Angeles Times, that "he wants it to be known that his sexual relationship with Mr. Clash was an adult consensual relationship." "He will have no further comment on the matter," the statement added. "I am relieved that this painful allegation has been put to rest," Clash said through a rep in a statement. I will not discuss it further."