A few of the ladies say they had been beneath 18 years previous on the time of the incidents. Three ladies accuse Copperfield of drugging them earlier than intercourse.
Wednesday’s “Guardian” depends on interviews with greater than 100 individuals in addition to police and court docket information. The allegations relate to a interval from the late Eighties to 2014. All ladies mentioned they met Copperfield via his work.
Copperfield’s legal professionals denied the allegations, telling the Guardian that Copperfield had “by no means behaved inappropriately towards anybody, not to mention minors.” Allegations towards the 67-year-old first emerged in 2018. At the moment, a girl named Brittney Lewis mentioned that Copperfield had drugged her 30 years earlier after which carried out sexual acts on her. Copperfield additionally denied this accusation.
Copperfield’s legal professionals deny allegations
Lewis can also be quoted within the new report. In keeping with the Guardian, it spoke to a different girl who made related allegations however didn’t wish to be named. This girl alleged that Copperfield drugged her and a pal after which carried out sexual acts on each ladies.
Copperfield’s legal professionals additionally dismissed these particular allegations as false. The legal professionals additionally identified that not one of the ladies filed a grievance on the time.
A girl quoted beneath a pseudonym within the Guardian report mentioned she first met the magician after one among his exhibits. She was 15 years previous on the time. He later referred to as her late at night time and despatched her presents. On the age of 18, she then had consensual intercourse with Copperfield.
Copperfield’s legal professionals additional acknowledged that their consumer had had a authorized and consensual relationship with the lady for 4 years. Copperfield “strongly denies any suggestion of grooming or different inappropriate conduct.” Copperfield’s legal professionals didn’t initially reply to a request from the AFP information company.