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Man Who Played Grandma the Clown in Big Apple Circus Quits Amid Sex Scandal
January 24, 2018
The most famous clown in America is now admitting he did terrible things to a teenage aerialist. Grandma the Clown, the star of the world-renowned Big Apple Circus, is instantly recognizable with a gray wig, pearl necklace and red dress. Barry Lubin, the 65-year-old man behind the popular character, told “The New York Times” that he pressured the then-16-year-old aerialist, Zoey Dunne, into posing for pornographic photos in 2004. Dunne is now 29.
