Renowned American magician David Copperfield allegedly had dinner with late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and several of his victims, according to court documents released Wednesday.
Lawyer Sigrid McCauley asked Epstein's accuser Joanna Sjoberg and his ex-girlfriend and accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell if they had ever met Copperfield.
“Yes,” she said. This document is part of her May 2016 deposition.
“Someone called me from home and said he was there and if I wanted to come over for dinner, I could meet him,” Shoberg said. “So when I got home, he hadn't come yet…and there was another girl there that I had never met or seen before. She looked younger. ”
A magician poses for a photo at the Brisbane Entertainment Center in Brisbane, Australia on August 6, 2009, after holding a photocall to kick off his first Australian show in 10 years and the accompanying national tour. David Copperfield. (Bradley Canalis/Getty Images)
Mr. Sjöberg later said Mr. Copperfield “did a magic trick” at dinner and said he was a friend of Mr. Epstein. Mr. Shoberg said of Mr. Copperfield, who was previously accused of sexual charges. assaulted a teenage model in 1988; Court documents say he asked her if she was aware that the girls were being paid to find other girls.
“Did he say anything specific about it?” McCauley asked.
“No,” Sjöberg said.
FOX News Digital has reached out to Copperfield for comment.
Jeffrey Epstein list: Deadline for those involved to petition to have it unsealed has passed, name removal could begin today
Jeffrey Epstein mugshot, 2019. (Cyprus/Getty Images)
Dozens of names previously redacted from court documents in lawsuit against Jeffrey Epstein's His ex-girlfriend and accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, has been released on order by a New York federal judge.
U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska ordered their release in December, but gave Jane and John two weeks if they wanted to appeal.
The names were included in the docket without prior redactions that concealed big names, including former President Bill Clinton, his long-estranged aide Doug Band, Prince Andrew, and French modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel. It was revealed in a series of 40 documents posted. He, like Epstein, died while awaiting trial.
Jeffrey Epstein list: court releases names in Ghislaine Maxwell case
A composite photo showing a courtroom sketch of Ghislaine Maxwell sits at the defense table with defense attorney Jeffrey Paliuca while listening to testimony in her sexual abuse trial, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, in New York. Thursday, December 16, 2021. (Elizabeth Williams, via AP)
Mr. Epstein had many prominent connections, including a former U.S. president, a foreign prime minister, and the British prime minister. prince andrew, as well as Hollywood stars, leading academics, people from the modeling and fashion industries, and other celebrities. Some of the names were previously known through other means, even though they were hidden from public view by the lawsuit.
Many of the names belong to people who have not been accused of wrongdoing, including Mr. Clinton, who declined to ask the court to suppress his name.
FOX News' Michael Lewis contributed to this report.
