Up to 16 women have accused American magician David Copperfield of sexual assaultsuch as drugged three women to maintain relationships with themaccording to an investigation published this Wednesday by a British newspaper The keeper.

Four women claim that Copperfield groped them and forced them to touch him “sexually on stage during performances.” According to a study based on in police and court records, and in more than a hundred depositions.

Some of the victims claim that #MeeToo movement encourages them to speak out and in fact in some cases they agreed to publish their names. In other cases, this is testimony on condition of anonymity.

The allegations date from the late 1980s to 2014. half of women also say they were under 18 when the attacks occurredsome are even up to 15 years old.

According to Copperfield’s own testimony, obtained in consultation with The keeper before the publication of the journalistic investigation. Copperfield “never behaved inappropriately with anyone, especially minors,” his lawyers said..

published reports of inappropriate touching are “not only completely false, but they are also completely implausible,” the lawyers added.

“Anyone who knows David Copperfield will tell you that These accusations in the newspaper are exactly the opposite of what David is like.”– Copperfield’s representative said in an official statement.

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The representative assured that “David risked his career to help protect women from powerful predators” and noted that “Many of these allegations have been published previously, and all of them are as false now as they were then.”

For his part, the magician commented this way: They were unable to provide the “evidence” on which these accusations were based, despite asking for it. and emphasizes that US security forces have already conducted an investigation, but have not found a single case..

In 2018, Copperfield was already linked to sexual assault, denying “falsified” complaints. “Little is said about the fact that the aggressor was arrested and that I am innocent.”then published in Twitter.

Europe Press