A woman has accused the magician David Copperfield of drugging and raping her when she was a 17-year-old model and he was already a globally acclaimed entertainer.
Brittney Lewis alleged that the attack happened in California 30 years ago after Copperfield had met her at a modelling contest in Japan where he was a judge.
The illusionist, whose tricks have included appearing to walk through the Great Wall of China and making the Statue of Liberty disappear, wrote on Instagram on Wednesday that he had been “falsely accused publicly in the past” and urged people not to rush to judgment while he battled “another storm”.
