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Friday, August 21, 2009

Crime Seattle Woman Sues David Copperfield

Posted by Brendan Kiley on Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 12:03 PM

the woman, a fashion model and former beauty pageant contestant, met Copperfield at a January 2007 magic show. After the performance, she was ushered backstage to meet Copperfield, and was later invited to visit his island retreat (the woman contends that she thought the Bahamian trip would involve her performing modeling and promotional activities). According to the lawsuit, after returning from the Bahamas, the woman told her family about the alleged assaults, sought treatment at a local hospital's sexual assault and trauma section, and contacted Seattle police. Her complaint notes that "the FBI initiated an investigation, which is pending." In late-2007, FBI agents executed two search warrants in Las Vegas in connection with the bureau's probe of Copperfield. The raids targeted a warehouse used by the magician, as well as the MGM Grand Hotel theater in which Copperfield performed. In response to the woman's July 29 lawsuit—which was filed just before the two-year statute of limitations expired—Copperfield & Co. last week registered davidcopperfieldsetstherecordstraight.com, which claims the female accuser "has a history of lying."

From davidcopperfieldsetstherecordstraight.com:

This lawsuit is extortion for money, plain and simple. Unfortunately, false claims like this only hurt the women who really have been abused, women who really need our help.

And if anybody has any questions:

For further information contact: Patty Eakes or Angelo Calfo, Yarmuth Wilsdon Calfo (206) 516-3800; (206) 335-6054; (206) 516-3835.

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He wouldn't have to rape me, that's for damn sure!

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger on August 21, 2009 at 12:21 PM

Um, men who rape generally don't "have" to rape anyone to have sex. That isn't the point - they rape someone because they want to rape someone.

Posted by LAH on August 21, 2009 at 12:36 PM

i wanna rape david copperfield's magical fucking face off.

Posted by Josh Bomb

on August 21, 2009 at 12:40 PM

so his defense is that the female accuser "has a history of lying." ?

thats rich, from the guy who has made a fucking career out of it.

oh, & he's just not magic-ing hard enough if he can't this case disappear.

Posted by pissy mcslogbot on August 21, 2009 at 12:48 PM

A good friend of mine used to work for Copperfield as a stage hand. She is not surprised by this claim because Copperfield molested all the women on the crew. "he's a real pig," she said.

Posted by Simply Me on August 21, 2009 at 1:02 PM

What alleged assault took place?

Posted by Carollani

on August 21, 2009 at 1:37 PM

I agree-- this is par for the course with Copperfield. But what was she expecting out of a trip to his private island? This seems suspicious to me too. Even if she is lying/embellising whatever-- Copperfield has basically set himself up for this to happen.

Posted by Steven Bradford

on August 21, 2009 at 1:38 PM

Living in Vegas, you live among tons of people who deal with tons of celebrities. David Copperfield was by all accounts a womanizing asshole who always smelled bad.

Posted by Gomez

on August 21, 2009 at 3:08 PM

Ah, the traditional victim-blaming. You stay classy, David Copperfield.

Posted by Greg on August 21, 2009 at 10:05 PM

I just wish I had the money and an island so that I could do all of those fun things that she described. Looks like she could have used the sound recording capabilities of the iPhone in this situation to help her case.

Posted by stormblade on August 24, 2009 at 1:45 AM