Celebrity Justice
Copperfield Secret Document -- How to Pick Up Chicks

TMZ has obtained portions of a secret document from David Copperfield's shows, outlining in extreme detail how the magician's assistants were supposed to rope in the women that David found attractive -- and hold their boyfriends and husbands at bay.
David Copperfield
The document, titled "Show Participation," requires the people who work David's shows to arm themselves with clipboards, a Polaroid camera, a digital camera, brochures of David's islands in the Bahamas and "Blank photo(s) of David (if one of the girls is a scorpion)." "Scorpion" refers to women David brings onstage as part of his act.

The document describes how the assistants need to be heads-up for attractive women whom David can meet backstage after the performance. We're told the plan is to keep boyfriends and husband in the arena, adding "from time to time, boyfriends and husbands will give us a hard time and refuse to stay. If that is the case, try your best to get them to stay and refer to the "What to Say" sheet for help."

And it gets creepier.

According to the document, "On occasion David will have you pull in both scorpions even if he is only interested in one of them, just for comfort."

But wait -- it gets worse. The assistants are told to sell the women before David arrives backstage. They're supposed to say: "Do you know that David has recently bought some islands in the Bahamas? Well they are BEAUTIFUL and we are doing a lot of project (sic) for these islands: Ads, TV, Radio and many other promotions. So we like (sic) to keep in touch with you in case there is a job in the future we think you would be interested in."

According to the document, the women are then supposed to fill out a questionnaire -- "Where are you from... What hotel are you staying in. How long are you in town. Who did you come to the show with? Husband? Boyfriend? Friend?"

And then there's the threatening letter David's lawyer sent to David's employees -- after the investigation was revealed -- telling them they had a duty never to talk about what David was really doing at his show. The plot thickens.

David has been under investigation, after a woman who was in the audience claims he flew her to the Bahamas and allegedly raped her. He denies it.

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256. C'mon people..........we have no idea if any of this is even true.

Posted at 10:15AM on Nov 8th 2007 by let's get real

257. OMG! I once was held against my will by David Copperfield too! A couple of years ago, I was given a couple of free tickets to one of David's shows by a member of his staff who had come into the hair salon I was managing at the time. Two girlfriends of mine came along and after the show security told us we could not leave. We tried to sneak away anyway, but security stopped us again and insisted that we stay in our seats. We didn't know what was going on, but figured maybe we had to sign some kind of release or something since we had been pulled on stage as extras. David came out after the theatre had cleared out and much to our protest, invited himself to hang out with us. He was a real creep and kept saying really slimy things to us while never looking away from our breasts. Finally, we "went to the bathroom" and caught a cab the hell out of there, but not before he and his roadie ran out after us. We made our get away, but the next day David went into my work and was handing out videos, posters and other junk that no one wanted while harrassing a couple of my cute lady coworkers. What a creep! I tell this story at parties all the time and while it's funny, it still makes my skin crawl. Why didn't I think to sue him? How Un-American of me....

Posted at 1:15PM on Nov 13th 2007 by That Girl

258. Hey #251.... i call BS. You would have gone to the Police immediately if you were held against your will, regardless of who it is... what crap!! Your whole story is BS.. pretty funny to slam someone because of a claim now and you suddenly remember this.. please!! Give your head a shake!!

Posted at 10:06PM on Nov 8th 2007 by yegs2

259. It's pretty funny that people still believe what they read in the press and form opinions about these twisted facts.

Worst case scenario is that David meets girls at the shows and has someone request for them to fill out a form about their interests (at their own free will). What is so shocking and wrong about that? He's a good looking rich single celebrity. They obviously liked him enough to spend over a hundred dollars on a ticket to his show. They could have left at any time, they were never forced to meet him afterwards. He didn't touch them or force himself on them. In fact, from the interviews on TMZ, he barely had any interaction with them at all. People are posting professional friendly e-mails from him which in no way are crude, or insulting thanking them for participation in the show.

I mean seriously, what is so creepy or such a moral issue here? If David has such a system for picking up girls, and he's a bad guy then I think there would have much better stories from girls other than "he stared at me during the show, it was creepy."

It's obvious that David is the victim here.

Any by the way, if you blame David (or anyone) for your girlfriend or wife leaving you, then you are seriously troubled. If someone is cheating on you, I wouldn't put it past them to also lie to the other person about their availability. People make their own choices.

Posted at 11:17PM on Nov 8th 2007 by Are you for real?

260.
I;m tired of seeing celebrities getting away with their crimes.I'm not saying he is guilty(that remains to be seen) .. but damn! lots of people think that victim is only after their (rich peeps) money and when something serious happens a lots of people don't take it serious.
Regardless if women accepted to go to Bahamas and be part of the show that doesn't give him right to sleep with them if they refuse to do so.I don't care if he is David Copperfield or my neighbor Bob.. whats even more sad is most of us know how this will come out already he will pay off his way out and soon this will be forgotten.Like TI ,Paris Hilton and every other celebrities that screwed up so far..like always no justice! Sad..

Posted at 4:30AM on Nov 8th 2007 by StlMirela

261. Why does everyone assume that all of these stories are true?

Posted at 9:12AM on Nov 9th 2007 by BigD

262. What a sick PIG, DOG, add any dirty animal name here!
He's is disgusting. Too bad he thinks he is "IT", has he looked in the mirror lately?
Oh yes, he must, otherwise he wouldn't have to try so hard to find women!

His Career is OVER! Magically, watch it disappear!

Sorry DC, you did it to yourself.

It's never a good idea to think that you are ABOVE or GREATER than any other human being or ABOVE the Law.

Welcome back to Reality DC!

Posted at 1:14PM on Nov 9th 2007 by mistic

263. #260 You say that people are posting friendly emails fro David...where can I find these?

David does 500 shows a year and he has been doing this for many years. If he was so "creepy" as some of you put it, then don't you think someone would have talked about it before now? But NO ONE HAS because nothing they didn't want to happen, ever happened. Just because you read it on this site does not mean it is true.

People like to hear dirt on celebrities more than they like to hear about all the good they have done. Has anyone here written about all the wonderful work David has done for disabled people with Project Magic? No because it is not about sex and we all know sex sells. Lay off him and wait till this all comes out in the end and then hang your heads in shame for talking about someone you don't even know. Most of you are making comments and have never even been to a show!!

He is human and so what if he see's someone in the crowd that he likes. Guys pick up women in bars all the time and no one cares. David is always working and doesn't have time to hang out in bars, so he does the next best thing...no big deal!! As a female magician I would love to ask guys out that I see in the audience, but because I am not famous and a female it just wouldn't work as people have double standards. Every nerd reading this and saying he is "creepy" is just wishing it was them.

The bottome line: David would NEVER rape someone, he is just not that kind of person.

Posted at 3:39AM on Nov 9th 2007 by skymagic

264. it takes twi people to ruin a marriage/relationship- Copperfield is a creep , but these married/ in a realtionship women who allow their egos to be stroked by him show how shallow and easily manipulated they are. Like all great creeps before him, Copperfield knows the best way to lure these girls is to flatter their egos.
However, if he did rape someone then that's a whole `nother story.

Posted at 10:36AM on Nov 9th 2007 by sasha24

265. To #264

What are you talking about? Do you even know?

Your comments "It's never a good idea to think that you are ABOVE or GREATER than any other human being or ABOVE the law", "Sorry DC, you did it to yourself"

???????????

Posted at 6:56PM on Nov 9th 2007 by Are you for real?

266. To: Are you for real?

YES, I'm for real!

Did you not read that DC is being accused of rape?

Rape is illegal, which means if he did it, he acted ABOVE the Law. If he did it, he may also consider himself BETTER than another person, because he would of had to over power someone and forced himself upon the Victim.

If he is proven to have raped someone, he has no one to blame but himself, and his own actions.

And, by the way, not all of us feel as if DC is guiltless in this matter.
I read your post, sounds like you really like DC, and thats your opinion.
I might add, we are all entitled to our own opinions!



Posted at 7:43AM on Nov 10th 2007 by mistic

267. funny how almost everyone that has commented on this here is saying he's a creep and to lock him up, etc...when you have no idea as to whether it is actually true or not

Posted at 3:06AM on Nov 10th 2007 by dan

268. For all womans sake I truly hope this girl is telling the truth. Because if not, she is ruining the credibility of all victims of rape for a few bucks.

From my experience with him I can honestly say that I don't put it past him. He is a very creepy man. What that person said earlier about his creepy eyes...that's his thing, his "Blue Steel" haha! He gives you "the look" but creepier, he stares at you and doesn't blink.

I met him at a strip club when he did some shows in Alaska a few years ago. We went there as a group for laughs and entertainment (VISUAL: AK strip clubs are ALOT different than lower 48 ones) but to our surprise we walked in and my fiance' saw Copperfield in a booth with some people. My girlfriend and I went up to him to say hi, he made room for me on the booth next to him and we all ended up talking for awhile, he kept giving me "Blue Steel" which I remember was creepy at the time, and he ended up offering us tickets and we gave our #'s......We never thought for a second he'd actually remember to call. I got home the next day and there was a msg. from his assistant. I called back and talked to her for a bit, she told us there'd be two tickets at the door and to bring a girlfriend with me, no guys.....I thought that was a bit weird, but kind of blew it off. Not even thirty seconds later I got another call.....it was David Copperfield himself, he asked me out to the movies after the show. I reminded him that I was engaged...remember, you met my fiance' last night..? He said he remembered but kept insisting that I go to the movies with him afterwards alone...weird feeling. Then he asked who I was going to take with me to the show, I said that I was going to bring my fiance' but he insisted that I couldn't do that and to bring my sister or my Mom with me instead since I would be in the front row and he needs women in the front row...blah, blah, load of crap, blah..... Anyway, I told him I would call them.....another weird feeling.

We went to the show, free tickets, front row. Both my friend and I brought our men. His assistant came up to us before the show and told us to wait around afterwards because Copperfield wanted to see us. As soon as he came out I could see his eyes on us and a little glimmer of anger about us bringing our men. He did his show. Afterwards, his assistant came up to us and told us that Copperfield had to go so he wouldn't be able to meet with us....apparently he was pissed we disobeyed him...

A week later, he did a show in Fairbanks, Alaska. Two young 18 year old girls dropped out of school at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and flew to Vegas with him. Apparently he told them he could make them stars. Their parents were scared and worried. Don't know if anything came of that...just thought it was creepy.

Now this rape accusation.....like I said, I wouldn't put it past him.

Oh and by the way...some of the people he was with at the club were the people he "randomly" pulled out of the audience....

Posted at 6:58PM on Nov 12th 2007 by Nilla

269. Wow! Some people must be die hard David Copperfield fans to think that he is flawless and NOT a creep. I posted an experience I had with David Copperfield on here, only to be attacked and called a liar! The truth is I am telling the truth. David Copperfield IS a creep. I have first hand knowledge of this and witnesses. When I say held against my will, I'm referring to being told by security that I could not leave the theatre. How the hell am I supposed to know I can leave if I'm told that I can not? And for the record, I didn't go to the police, because I was NOT raped. I ditched the creep before he could lay his slimy hands on me, but not before turning down his multiple attempts at getting me back to his hotel room.My friend was not so lucky. David was pawing all over her before we ran out on him. The only person blowing smoke in mirrors is David Copperfield... Those of you who want to fight his battle are flat out fools...

Posted at 12:25PM on Nov 14th 2007 by That Girl

270. Hayashi, You're closer to a crime of slander than David is of anything. "Serial offender"? He has not been charged of anything, ever! One person is accusing him of something we don't have any proof (or close to) of. I wouldn't be surprised if it had something to do with an employee who was fired, and now wants to smear David!

So many people say it is "sick", yet if he were a musician, rather that a magician, he would be praised for his tactics!! Most of what is said about what happens at his shows may be true, and been going on for a long time, but he is not a 3rd rate celeb (a $57,000,000 annual paycheck is hardly 3rd rate), using his assistants to get him dates, because he can't do it himself. David has NO problem finding dates, when he wants them! He is one of the biggest, highest paid names in show biz, taking advantage of the fact that he can do certain things, to feed natural desires that males tend to have which he does LEGALLY (I don't believe the rape accusation is true) as many would if they had the money and resources. (not all... myself included)
No crime has yet been proven, or even charged, for that matter.
Maybe he isn't 100% honest to women he first meets, but can all of you that are talking about how "sick" this is say that you have been completely honest about yourself on every 'first date' you've had? (doubt it)
Besides, the guy does 500 shows per year! He doesn't exactly have a lot of time to spend working on the conventional relationship, like most of us...

I like TMZ, but people who read and watch this 'news' tend to jump to conclusions, and assume that there is no other possiblity but guilt. Some people respond as though he was caught at a teenager's house, by Chris Hansen!

If he did rape someone, then yes, he is sick. Until it is proven, or he says he did... I do not believe it.

I know quite a bit about the man, and he is a lot of things, but I do not believe a rapist is one of them.

Posted at 4:57PM on Nov 17th 2007 by Zack

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