The New York Daily News is reporting that David Copperfield allegedly offered the woman who accused him of rape $2 million to drop the charges.
The famed illusionist allegedly promised that much in cash to his accuser, a friend of the woman tells The National Enquirer.
This week, the FBI denied a Las Vegas TV station’s report that federal agents seized the same amount in cash during a raid on Copperfield’s Vegas warehouse.
Copperfield yesterday declined to say whether he had $2 million on hand or made a settlement offer to his accuser. “We are respecting the process of the investigation and the confidentiality that surrounds it,” he told us.
Copperfield also held fire on other claims in The Enquirer, in which a “friend” of the unnamed woman describes the alleged attack.
According to the friend, Copperfield invited the 21-year-old beauty to a “lavish party” at his remote compound in the Bahamas. But when she got there, on July 27, she discovered “there was no party - and no other guests,” according The Enquirer source.
“She got nervous and wanted to go home right away, but David convinced her to stay, saying she could leave the next day if she really wanted to,” the friend claims.
That night, Copperfield forced himself on the woman, holding her arms “down on the bed, leaving her with terrible bruises,” the friend charges.
“She told me she fought back,” the friend says. “But she said that just seemed to turn him on more.”
“After Copperfield had finished with her and left to clean off, the young woman had the presence of mind to use her cell phone to take photos of the crime scene,” according to the tab. “In order to preserve physical evidence, she says she didn’t shower. The next day, she went back home to Seattle, where her mother met her at the airport.”
“They drove straight to the Harborview Medical Center, where medical personnel performed a ‘rape kit’ on her,” the friend told The Enquirer.
Agents from Seattle’s FBI office later coordinated a sting operation with the woman - encouraging her to e-mail the magician and arranging a meeting in Vegas, according to the friend.
Let’s wait and see if the charges are magically dropped soon.
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