A brand new tranche of paperwork associated to Jeffrey Epstein unsealed Friday suggests extra ties between superstar magician David Copperfield and the pedophile financier.
Copperfield’s title seems in a 2010 deposition of Sarah Kellen as a part of a case in opposition to Jeffrey Epstein introduced by an unnamed plaintiff. Kellen, who labored for Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, has been accused of recruiting women and facilitating Epstein’s sexual abuse. She was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in Epstein’s 2008 non-prosecution settlement.
In the deposition, the plaintiff’s lawyer requested if Kellen knew Copperfield, in regards to the relationship between Epstein and Copperfield, and if she recalled a dinner at Epstein’s Palm Beach mansion attended by Copperfield.
Kellen’s lawyer objected to the questions, and Kellen invoked the Fifth Amendment in answering every.
The plaintiff’s lawyer continued to press, asking if Copperfield and Epstein recruited “girls” for each other or had been concerned in intercourse trafficking.
“Do you know that when David Copperfield is in town, he gives Jeffrey Epstein tickets and Jeffrey gives some to young women to attend those shows?” the lawyer requested. “And do you know that those girls are invited backstage after the show?”
While Kellen continued to invoke the Fifth Amendment, the road of questioning might level to extra potential connections between Copperfield and Epstein.
Before unredacted paperwork within the Epstein case had been launched this week, Copperfield had not been linked to the financier.
His title additionally appeared within the 2016 deposition of Epstein sufferer Johanna Sjoberg, which was launched on January 3. In her deposition, Sjoberg recalled assembly the magician, who appeared to be a good friend of Epstein, on the pedophile’s home.
Copperfield requested her if she “was aware that girls were getting paid to find other girls,” Sjoberg stated.
Representatives for Copperfield didn’t reply to a request for remark from Business Insider.
Copperfield, one of many world’s highest-paid and most well-known magicians, earned $46 million in 2020, in line with Forbes. In addition to a long-standing residency on the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, he earns cash renting out the 11 personal islands he owns within the Bahamas.
