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By Steve Huff 11/12/12 4:30pm

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Northern Calloway--David on Sesame Street

Before Elmo, The Deluge: A Brief Survey of Scandals in Children’s Entertainment [Slideshow]

The world awakened Monday to the deeply depressing news that Kevin Clash, the voice and hands behind Sesame Street‘s beloved red mascot Elmo, was leaving the show for a while after being accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a 16-year-old boy. Mr. Clash has insisted that the relationship occurred after his accuser was an adult, but the now 23-year-old man making the allegations is being represented by the same law firm that represented a victim of convicted pedophile Jerry Sandusky, which can’t be good news for anyone.

We still don’t know just how deep inside the fuzzy red muppet this story goes. We do know that this is certainly not the first whiff of scandal in children’s entertainment.

Here’s a handful of other scandals that range from darkly funny to frankly terrifying. Read More

By Drew Grant 11/10/11 12:26pm

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Mr. Arora, Spice King

Spice King Runs Naked Through Four Seasons

Dhiraj Arora is a pretty big deal, though outside the food industry you might not know his name. He’s a bootstrap success story: turning $10 spice packet mixes made in his mother’s house in New Jersey into Arora Creations Inc., the only USDA-certified Organic Indian Grocery product line (according to its website). He was named one of Crain’s Top Entrepreneur in 2007.

He also allegedly likes to run around the Four Seasons Midtown gym naked, screaming at people “suck my million-dollar cock,” or “suck my $57 million dollar dick,” depending on who you ask.

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By Mike Taylor 8/26/10 4:30pm

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Possible Mobster Connection in Florida Lawyer's Ponzi Scheme

An alleged gangster helped launder ill-gotten money for Scott Rothstein, the Florida lawyer who in December of 2009 turned himself in and in January copped to charges of wire fraud and conspiracy to launder money in connection with a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme he ran, Bloomberg reports.

Roberto Settineri on Wednesday pleaded guilty to a charge of money laundering conspiracy and got a 50-year Read More

By Mike Taylor 8/24/10 4:10pm

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Phony Grocery Ponzi Schemer Reaches Plea Deal

The alleged architect of an $880-million Ponzi scheme may have copped to the charge, The Associated Press reports.

According to prosecutors, Nevin Shapiro, the man behind already suspicious-sounding Capitol Investments USA, bilked more than 60 investors using the technique pioneered by Charles Ponzi in 1920 and perfected by Bernie Madoff through the 1990s and Read More