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Exclusive: Former Model Accuses David Blaine of Rape
Daily Beast ^ | October 19, 2017 | Mark Ebner

Posted on 10/19/2017 2:34:44 PM PDT by EdnaMode

Scotland Yard is investigating magician David Blaine after a model accused him of raping her in London. Police have asked Blaine come to Britain to be interviewed, according to emails reviewed by The Daily Beast.

Natasha Prince claims Blaine raped her at a private home in London’s Chelsea neighborhood in the summer of 2004, months after her 21st birthday, she told The Daily Beast in her first-ever interview on the subject.

“Officers from the Met’s Child Abuse and Sexual Offences Command are investigating an allegation of rape,” Scotland Yard said in a statement to The Daily Beast. “The allegation was reported to police on 17 November 2016 by a woman who alleged she was raped at an address in Chelsea in June or July 2004 when she was aged 21. There have been no arrests at this stage and enquiries continue.”

Police last month emailed Prince that they had requested Blaine, through his attorney, come to the UK for an “interview under caution” where he would be provided with the particulars of the allegation. Blaine’s attorney, Marty Singer, denied all allegations to The Daily Beast in a statement.

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To: DesertRhino; Salamander
"Quick, tell us what you did the night of March the 12th 1988... insane"

Insane?
Perhaps.
But in my case also quite easy.

I got drunk.
Special Export and shots of Slivovitz.
I did that every night in 1988.

I could also tell you the name of the bar and what I had for dinner.
(March 12th fell on a Saturday. Therefore I had Roast Lamb.)

Then I went home with a waitress.
The way I always do.
How as I to know?
She was with.....

21 posted on 10/19/2017 5:44:30 PM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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