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David Copperfield is taking his powers of illusion to the stars. In an interview with "Today," the magician announced the plans for his latest stunt. "I’m going to make the moon disappear," he said. "It’s taken 30 years of work, that’s literally 30 years of our lives to develop it," he said. "And there’s multiple methods to make it work, and I’m collaborating with Save the Children, an amazing organization to show the world the difference one person can make." He continued, "If one person can make the moon disappear from the sky, imagine how together we can make poverty...

SEATTLE — A Washington woman who accused David Copperfield of luring her to his private island in the Bahamas and raping her — and who was later charged with fabricating sexual assault claims against another man — is dropping her federal lawsuit against the magician. Attorneys for model and waitress Lacey Carroll announced her decision in a news release Tuesday.

Copperfield sued over 'assault' David Copperfield is known for his spectacular stunts Magician David Copperfield is being sued by a Seattle woman who claims he sexually assaulted and threatened her on his private island in the Bahamas. But his lawyers have dismissed her claims as an attempt at "extortion for money, plain and simple". No criminal charges have been brought over the alleged incident. The woman is a 22-year-old model who says she met Mr Copperfield at a performance in Kennewick in January 2007, the Seattle Times reported. She was then reportedly invited to the island that summer where she...

Illusionist David Copperfield's assistant was rushed to hospital on Wednesday night after suffering horrific injuries during a live show. A technician named Brandon was accidentally pulled into the vortex of an oversized fan on stage of Copperfield's An Intimate Evening of Grand Illusion at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Audience members watched in horror as the assistant was sucked into the fan, before another staff member rushed to switch it off. Brandon, who is in his twenties, suffered puncture wounds in his face and broke his arm in several places. He was rushed to University Medical...

David Copperfield designed part of his show around "a system for picking up women," which may explain the FBI's interest in his camera system and hard drive, sources told TMZ. Last week, the FBI raided Copperfield's Las Vegas warehouse and seized digital camera equipment and a hard drive to a computer after a Seattle woman accused him of sexually assaulting her in the Bahamas. During his show, Copperfield goes into the audience and chooses women to come on stage. If he likes a woman, he'll use code words with assistants like "mama" and "secrecy," TMZ reported. Click here to read...

A compilation of Lisa Montgomery links on this Blog written when the crime actually occured. In a recent True Crime post I speculated that the spate of so-called "hate nooses" might be set ups. Dang if this week we don't have even more, including a noose in a Halloween display but it's no mind…the Moonbats are complaining. And hey, what's with David Copperfield and why does he have two million in cash in his warehouse? Plus a cop with roaming hands, and a couple burglars clean up their crime scene at gunpoint.

David Copperfield -- Investigated by FBI Posted Oct 18th 2007 7:52PM by TMZ Staff Filed under: Celebrity Justice Magician David Copperfield is being investigated by the FBI. Authorities won't comment about the investigation, but did confirm that agents raided Copperfield's personal belongings Wednesday night. We're told agents searched a warehouse in Las Vegas where Copperfield stores items for his show. The raid reportedly stems from an ongoing case in Seattle. TMZ spoke to an FBI spokesperson who refused to comment, saying only that there was an ongoing investigation. Eyewitness News in Vegas is reporting that 12 agents "stormed the warehouse,"...

He made 13 people disappear into thin air during his Kravis Center show Sunday night, but magician David Copperfield couldn't duplicate the feat with armed teens who robbed him and two women near the venue two hours later. ... The illusionist and assistants Cathy Daly and Mia Volmut were walking near CityPlace toward their tour bus parked at the Kravis when thugs approached them about 11:15 p.m. The group had gone to a steakhouse for dinner after Copperfield's sixth and last show here. According to the police report, this is what happened next: The Malibu pulled up behind the group,...