##_FBI raids magician David Copperfield warehouse
OceanDrive2
20-10-2007, 04:11
Friday, 19 October 2007, 22:43 GMT
A Las Vegas warehouse belonging to magician David Copperfield has been raided by FBI agents.
They took a computer hard drive, a digital camera memory chip and $2 million (£937,000) in cash, Las Vegas TV station KLAS said.
The magician, 51, is known for his stunts, such as apparently walking through the Great Wall of China.
"We're just confirming that investigative activity took place at the warehouse," David Staretz, chief division counsel, for the FBI in Las Vegas, told Reuters news agency.
However, the FBI would not explain the reasons for the raid, saying only that the investigation was related to a case in Seattle.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7053314.stm
So a woman says Copperfield raped her in the Bahamas.
CNN has asked the Bahamas authorities and they say there is no record of any of this.
OceanDrive2
20-10-2007, 04:19
Copperfield earned $57 million in 2003, making him the tenth highest paid celebrity in the world. It also estimated that he made $57 million in 2004 and $57 million in 2005.
source wikipedia
Fleckenstein
20-10-2007, 04:19
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7053314.stm
So a woman says Copperfield raped her in the Bahamas.
CNN has asked the Bahamas authorities and they say there is no record of any of this.
"Look, ladies and gentlemen: even though I am inside of her, I'm not!"
"Get this man out of my courtroom!"
Dexlysia
20-10-2007, 04:30
Somebody's having legal problems.
...
And it's a celebrity.
OMG!
And for my next trick.... I will hide the salami.
Layarteb
20-10-2007, 05:15
Copperfield earned $57 million in 2003, making him the tenth highest paid celebrity in the world. It also estimated that he made $57 million in 2004 and $57 million in 2005.
source wikipedia
If that isn't a Bulls-eye I don't know what is.
[NS]Click Stand
20-10-2007, 05:16
Making his untaxed assets disappear might have been a good idea.
Corrupt Bankers
20-10-2007, 05:36
"David Copperfield says he plans to impregnate a girl on stage - without even touching her... Speaking to German magazine Galore, the illusionist rejected the theory that there were only seven different kinds of magic tricks." -Huffington Post, 2005
Maybe he was just practicing? Gotta work on these tricks extensively before he takes them on stage after all.
And why would Copperfield be in the Bahamas? He has his own islands...
Layarteb
20-10-2007, 05:39
"David Copperfield says he plans to impregnate a girl on stage - without even touching her... Speaking to German magazine Galore, the illusionist rejected the theory that there were only seven different kinds of magic tricks." -Huffington Post, 2005
Maybe he was just practicing? Gotta work on these tricks extensively before he takes them on stage after all.
And why would Copperfield be in the Bahamas? He has his own islands...
He can make islands disappear and reappear on his own. If it weren't for Chuck Norris this guy would be the ultimate deity but Chuck is the bestest.
Wilgrove
20-10-2007, 05:48
"Look, ladies and gentlemen: even though I am inside of her, I'm not!"
"Get this man out of my courtroom!"
ROFL! You win the thread!
Demented Hamsters
20-10-2007, 06:00
Having a face like a fun-house mirror reflection and still be able to snaffle Claudia Schiffer - now THAT'S magic.
Lunatic Goofballs
20-10-2007, 11:26
What prison could hold him? He's already escaped from Alcatraz. :p
CthulhuFhtagn
20-10-2007, 11:37
What prison could hold him? He's already escaped from Alcatraz. :p
Pfft. I can do that.
Intestinal fluids
20-10-2007, 14:54
Can someone explain to me why the FBI removed the 2 million dollars found on the premisis? This was a sex charge not an IRS raid. What right do the police have to just come in and take someones money that they have no reason to believe is illegal?
OceanDrive2
20-10-2007, 15:30
why the FBI removed the 2 million dollars found on the premises? This was a sex charge not an IRS raid. What right do the police have to just come in and take someones money that they have no reason to believe is illegal?yeah, I was wondering about that too.
yeah, I was wondering about that too.
Maybe the feds are having cash flow problems.
I am just going to guess here but I bet the IRS is going to start looking at Mr. Copperfields books to see where the Two Million came from.
The thing I am trying to figure out is how can the US charge him with a crime that happened out side of US jurisdiction.
Intestinal fluids
20-10-2007, 15:49
I am just going to guess here but I bet the IRS is going to start looking at Mr. Copperfields books to see where the Two Million came from.
Thats fine and all to look at whatever you want to detemine if the money is legitimate. What isnt fine is to take someones 2M THEN go look for a reason.
Thats fine and all to look at whatever you want to detemine if the money is legitimate. What isnt fine is to take someones 2M THEN go look for a reason.
At this point I am thinking who ever is accusing him of rape may be after a quick buck. I don't think the search was right at this point and seizing the money makes no sense. If Copperfield is cleared of this his Lawyers are going to make sure EVERY PENNY is returned at a few people are going to be a lot poorer.
At this point I am thinking who ever is accusing him of rape may be after a quick buck. I don't think the search was right at this point and seizing the money makes no sense. If Copperfield is cleared of this his Lawyers are going to make sure EVERY PENNY is returned at a few people are going to be a lot poorer.
If he was accused of rape in another country, why would the FBI raid his warehouse and take his money? Surely they'd go for his house or something.
New Limacon
20-10-2007, 17:17
Maybe this is like The Illusionist. David Copperfield is in love with the fiancée of the Austro-Hungarian prince, and the FBI needs to learn his secrets to discredit him and send him to prison.
Non Aligned States
20-10-2007, 18:19
If he was accused of rape in another country, why would the FBI raid his warehouse and take his money? Surely they'd go for his house or something.
Maybe she accused Copperfield of being some strange money fetishist rapist. :p
OceanDrive2
20-10-2007, 21:46
Maybe this is like The Illusionist. David Copperfield is in love with the fiancée of the Austro-Hungarian prince, and the FBI needs to learn his secrets to discredit him and send him to prison.Claudia Schiffer is the fiancée of the Prince?
:-)
Cyan Rah Don
20-10-2007, 21:59
Claudia Schiffer is the fiancée of the Prince?
:-)
No, silly....David Copperfield is.
OceanDrive2
20-10-2007, 22:06
No, silly....David Copperfield is.That so Gay :D
wait a minute :confused: ... If David Copperfield is Gay.. why is the FBI alleging he raped a woman?
If he's jailed...
How exactly do they expect to HOLD him?
That $2 million is an illusion! What the Feds have actually taken are leaves.