The ruling did not weigh the merits of the claims but said 25-year-old accuser Sheldon Stephens filed suit too late against actor Kevin Clash.

Sheldon Stephens, the first young man to come forward accusing Elmo voice actor Kevin Clash of inappropriate sexual conduct with a minor has refiled his lawsuit claiming Kevin lured him to drug ...

Sheldon Stephens, who's now 24, says he met Kevin Clash at a networking event. He says he was brought by limousine from Pennsylvania to a New York apartment.

"I was taken advantage of by someone a lot older, and manipulated," Sheldon Stephens, who's now 24, told a Manhattan news conference on Tuesday.