David Copperfield's Accuser to be prosecuted

**rohara** · #1 27th-January-2010

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Authorities: David Copperfield's accuser charged with lying to police

By Alan Duke, CNN
January 27, 2010 -- Updated 0340 GMT (1140 HKT)

A woman who accused David Copperfield of sexual assault has been charged with prostitution and making a false accusation in another case.

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Woman charged with prostitution and making a false accusation in another case
Lacey Carroll accused David Copperfield of sexually assaulting her two years ago
Lawyer: "Developments vindicate Mr. Copperfield," prove "what he has said all along"

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Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- A Seattle, Washington, woman who accused illusionist David Copperfield of sexually assaulting her more than two years ago has now been charged with prostitution and making a false accusation in another case, according to Copperfield's attorney and Washington state officials.
The federal probe of Copperfield was officially closed earlier this month.
"Local authorities have charged Mr. Copperfield's accuser with making yet another false claim of rape, this time against a Seattle-area businessman, and with prostitution," Copperfield lawyer Patty Eakes said Tuesday.
King County, Washington, prosecutor Susan Irwin said in criminal complaints filed Monday that Lacey Carroll committed the alleged offenses on December 2, 2009.
"These developments vindicate Mr. Copperfield and confirm what he has said all along -- this woman tried to extort money from him by making a false claim," Eakes said. "Thankfully, authorities have now stepped in to stop her."
The investigation of Copperfield became public in October 2007 when FBI agents raided a warehouse owned by Copperfield in Las Vegas, Nevada. Investigators hauled away a computer hard drive and a memory chip from a digital camera system, as well as $2 million in cash that was inside a safe, sources close to the probe said.
Federal agents also searched the Hollywood Theater at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, where Copperfield performed, a hotel spokesman said.
A Seattle police spokesman told CNN the investigation began when the woman filed a police report concerning an incident that allegedly took place in the Bahamas in the summer of 2007.
His lawyer at the time called it a false allegation and said "Mr. Copperfield's reputation precedes him as an impeccable gentleman."
The 53-year-old performs in Las Vegas and around the world, has starred in TV specials, and was named a "living legend" by the Library of Congress.
Despite the accusation, Copperfield continued to sell out large arenas around the United States, according to Forbes Magazine, which estimated he earned $30 million last year.
He was once engaged to model Claudia Schiffer.
According to his Web site, Copperfield began performing professionally at age 12 "and became the youngest person ever to be admitted to the Society of American Magicians. By 16, he was teaching a course in magic at New York University."

This is nice! I like high profile cases in which there is an obvious false accusation made out of mallicous intent where the perpetrator is prosecuted. Too bad it takes a couple of false accusations for this to actualy happen but it does denote progress.

yohan · #2 27th-January-2010

Congratulation, again one case of extortion is over - who will be the next man to be accused for not existing rape crimes?

BTW, what is the address of this woman? ... and her picture is also missing in this CNN news...

Fine to know his case is now closed, because she is now charged with prostitution and false police reports in ANOTHER CASE....

**RobYork** · #3 27th-January-2010

Great news.

I hope this encourages many such prosecutions.

omegaflux · #4 27th-January-2010

I think this is the most telling line:

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Investigators hauled away a computer hard drive and a memory chip from a digital camera system, as well as $2 million in cash that was inside a safe, sources close to the probe said.

Law enforcement is big business. There are huge monetary incentives for both the departments involved, and the officers, to confiscate private property. What did the money have to do with the investigation? This isn't someone suspected of drug trafficking but a renowned performer. If the money was there for a couple of years it was probably a better place to keep it than the stock market. There is no question any money in his possession was obtained legally. Under what authority did the police seize a man's savings from a safe?

**rohara** · #5 27th-January-2010

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Originally Posted by omegaflux

I think this is the most telling line:

Law enforcement is big business. There are huge monetary incentives for both the departments involved, and the officers, to confiscate private property. What did the money have to do with the investigation? This isn't someone suspected of drug trafficking but a renowned performer. If the money was there for a couple of years it was probably a better place to keep it than the stock market. There is no question any money in his possession was obtained legally. Under what authority did the police seize a man's savings from a safe?

When it comes to rape cases law enforcement will do anything to harrass the accused in order to get a conviction. They get away with this simply because of the hysteria surrounding the accusation. I don't believe that it is just a monetary incentive, I actualy think that it is more of law enforcement being given an excuse to strech the rules so far that they have a felling of omnipotence. Cops like that.

yohan · #6 27th-January-2010

Still, if you have money, I have to admit, US-justice is working finally and the result is not that bad.

Compare that with Sweden or Norway, or Iceland, and the future legal framework in Spain and UK.

Prostitution over there is legal to sell, but illegal to buy.

If the same happens to Copperfield in some countries in Europe, there would be no legal way to charge this bitch even for prostitution, despite she had clearly the malicious intention of extortion money -cry rape and ask for money and money and money...and this is not even a crime anymore in some Western EU-countries - and UK anyway wants to abolish all jail sentences for women, as women are different...

themanonthestreet · #7 28th-January-2010

This makes no sense.

If this supposed incident happened in the Bahamas, two years prior, why did they "haul away a computer hard drive and a memory chip from a digital camera system,as well as $2 million in cash that was inside a safe" located in Las Vegas??.

TMOTS

**Percy** · #8 28th-January-2010

Copperfield should just make his gear and money disappear from the Police place and reappear in his home. Perhaps he can just walk through the cop-shop wall, invisible, and take it back.

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