Interesting to hear this from my older brother this evening since his almost 1 year old daughter likes Elmo. I heard about the first person that accused Clash for this and later dropped the case because it was just made up. Now this is really interesting. Forget about the who's going to perform Elmo angle and focus on the accusations that have now been claimed against Clash. If this is all true, then Clash has made some very bad choices that can cost him jail time.
If this is all false and made up, then once the dust settles have Clash return to Sesame Street in whatever role he or someone else wants him to do like being Elmo, executive producer, etc.
I have no idea what's going to happen, but if Clash did do those things, then what people have thought about him over the years has just been thrown out the door and into the trash can.