Former teen model accuses magician Copperfield of sexual assault
By Reuters
26 January 2018 |
2:35 pm
A former teen model has accused illusionist David Copperfield of drugging and sexually assaulting her in 1988 after he judged a modeling competition in Japan that she took part in
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