Kevin Clash, the voice of Sesame Street‘s Elmo for 28 years, has been cleared of three charges of sexual abuse after an appeals court threw out the cases because the statute of limitations had run out.

Clash, 53, was accused by multiple men of sexually abusing them over 10 years ago when they were minors. Multiple lawsuits were filed, but in July 2013, a New York judge said that the claims were made too late, as they were outside the state’s statute of limitations, which provides that a lawsuit has to be filed within six years of the event or three years after a plaintiff turns 21.

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