Magician David Copperfield accused of sexually assaulting 16 women

The GuardianThe report, released on May 15, was based on the testimony of 16 women who accused David Copperfield of misconduct from the late 1980s to 2014. More than half of the victims said they were under 18 when the incidents occurred. One said the magician drugged three girls so they were not sober enough to refuse sex. The news agency previously interviewed 100 people and collected documents from courts and police departments for the article.

On the same day, David Copperfield's representative toldPeopleThe magician plans to take some legal action againstThe Guardianafter the article was published. He asked the news agency for evidence but was not provided.

The magician's representative commented on the content of theThe GuardianCopperfield has denied the allegations against him, saying he continues to support victims of abuse and discrimination in society. He has previously voiced his support for the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment and assault. Copperfield and his legal team will review the views and take action against false and vulgar information.

This is not the first time the American magician has been involved in a sexual harassment scandal. In 2018, Brittney Lewis - one of 16 women featured in an investigative articleGuardian- went public with her story of being drugged and raped in 1988, when she was a 17-year-old model. Copperfield later denied the allegations.Twitter, advised people not to be hasty in judgment. In 2009, he was also sued by a former Miss Washington contestant who had sexually assaulted and threatened her at his home in the Bahamas two years earlier. The case was closed without a final conclusion.

According to the statementThe GuardianCollected, victims said David Copperfield often promised to support young girls in modeling and entertainment, trying to keep in touch with them and their families.

David Copperfield, born in 1956, real name David Seth Kotkin, took his current stage name at the age of 18, after the famous book by Charles Dickens. He is the world's most commercially successful magician. As a young man, he acted in a number of films and musicals. David's magic career began in 1977, when he caught the eye of producer Joseph Cates. David Copperfield became famous worldwide for his "unbelievable" performances such as transforming the Statue of Liberty in New York, walking through the Great Wall of China.

He was engaged to supermodel Claudia Schiffer for six years, but they split in 1999. In 2006, Copperfield married fashion designer Chloe Gosselin.