The man who performed as the beloved “Grandma the Clown” for decades has resigned from the Big Apple Circus after being accused of sexual misconduct, The New York Times reported Tuesday. Barry Lubin, 65, admitted in a statement from his lawyer that he pressured the teen aerialist into nude photographs in 2004.
Lubin resigned on Friday after a woman, then a 16-year-old aerialist, came forward and accused him of pressuring her to pose naked in photos, the circus’ chairman Dr. Neil Kahanovitz told the Times.
“The allegations are true,” Lubin said through his lawyer. “What I did was wrong and I take responsibility for my actions.”
The woman, now 29, initially contacted the circus about her allegations against Lubin in 2012, but was told by a circus official they couldn’t do anything about it because he had left Big Apple at that point.
When ads with “Grandma is back” starting popping up on her Facebook feed three months ago, the woman learned Lubin was rehired and decided to bring her accusations to Big Apple.
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