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Magician David Copperfield was recently accused of sexual misconduct by several women.

Copperfield’s net worth is an estimated $1 billion, and he is one of the most successful illusionists in the world. However, his reputation has been damaged by sexual assault allegations spanning from the late 1980s to 2014, and more than half of the women involved in these alleged incidents claim that they were under 18 at the time.

Three women alleged that Copperfield drugged them, rendering them unable to provide consent when Copperfield engaged in sexual activities with them. Three other women claimed that he groped them during his onstage performances. Others said his behavior was inappropriate, given their age difference and power imbalance.

In an interview with The Guardian, one woman claimed that she was picked from thousands on stage during a show she attended to be a part of Copperfield’s trick. After the show, one of Copperfield...

“He escaped from Alcatraz and he confounded the Bermuda Triangle: The world’s greatest magician, David Copperfield.” Those words, from George Hamilton, introduced the audience at the 1988 “Look of the Year” modeling competition to Copperfield, a celebrity judge. And Brittney Lewis says the contest introduced Copperfield to her. She was 17. After 30 years, Lewis has come forward to accuse Copperfield — in a story published Wednesday — of inviting her to one of his performances several weeks after the contest, then drugging and sexually assaulting her. Copperfield has urged people not to “rush to judgment,” saying he has been falsely...

Fox Business Network will not be re-airing Monday’s episode of “Strange Inheritance” featuring David Copperfield because of a sexual assault accusation against the magician. “The episode of ‘Strange Inheritance’ featuring David Copperfield has been shelved in light of the recent allegations against him,” a Fox Business spokesperson told TheWrap. The episode had been scheduled to repeat on Fox Business News later this week, but now will not. Also Read: David Copperfield Accused of Drugging, Assaulting 17-Year-Old Model in 1988 (Exclusive) The network hyped the show before it first aired Monday — two days before TheWrap reported that former model Brittney Lewis accuses Copperfield of...

David Copperfield is the latest male celebrity to be accused of sexual assault, and he has now responded to the allegation against him. David Copperfield Sexual Assault Allegation News Model Brittney Lewis has claimed the 61-year-old American magician drugged and raped her in 1988 when she was 17 years old. Lewis said she met Copperfield — the world’s […]

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Accusations against David Copperfield surfaced just hours after he called for people to not quickly judge those accused as part of the #MeToo Movement.

The magician has been accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a 17-year-old model in 1988.

Late Wednesday, The Wrap reported Brittney Lewis was competing in a modeling contest with Copperfield as one of the judges when he invited her to one of his shows in California when she was still a minor. Lewis claimed Copperfield asked her grandmother, Patricia Burton, for permission to travel there.

In 2007, Copperfield was previously accused of sexual assault but the case was dropped.

Brittney Lewis was a 17-year-old model with dreams of becoming the next Elle Macpherson when, she says, magician David Copperfield drugged and sexually assaulted her. It happened in 1988, Lewis said, after she competed in a modeling contest in which Copperfield was a judge. The photos above are from a videotape of the event obtained by TheWrap. TheWrap spoke to Lewis’ best friend from high school, husband, ex-husband, and grandmother — her primary caretaker at the time — all of whom said Lewis told them decades ago about her accusations against Copperfield. A chiropractor said Lewis told her about the accusations three...