The complaints come from 16 women, several of them minors at the time of the events. The magician’s representatives deny the accusations.
He famous American illusionist David Copperfield is accused of “inappropriate sexual conduct” against 16 women. The accusations, which span from the late 1980s to 2014, were revealed by an investigation by the British newspaper Guardianpublished on Wednesday.
As indicated in the document signed by correspondents Lucy Osborne and Stephanie Kirchgaessner, more than half of the accusations come from women who declared that they were minors when the events occurred. Some even claimed to be “only 15 years old.” “It is possible that Copperfield did not know his age,” the publication notes.
David Seth Kotkin, born 1956 and considered one of the greatest magicians in history by international critics, denied these accusations to his team of lawyers, who alleged that “he has never acted inappropriately with anyone, much less with any minor.”
David Copperfield
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Three of the complainants They report having been drugged by Copperfield to have sexual relations without your consent. One of them is the model Brittney Lewis, who had already dared to publicly denounce in 2018 that he had drugged and sexually assaulted when he was 17. Given these statements, the magician maintains that they are “false, malicious and fabricated” complaints.
Some victims argued that they were encouraged to tell their experiences after the emergence of the #MeToo movement, which was generated after the accusations against the American film producer and executive Harvey Weinstein. While some of the testimonies have a first and last name, others preferred to protect their identity.
“In four other cases, women alleged that Copperfield had touched or forced them to touch them in a sexual manner during live performances. Three were teenagers at the time of the alleged incidents,” says the investigation published by the British media.
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