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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.

Reader Comments

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46. david wants to know if you are willing to play with his magic wand on his island?

Posted at 4:58PM on Nov 5th 2007 by komekaka

47. Somebody brought up Dog the Bounty Hunter. I was thinking last week that Dog was the greatest thing that could have happened to David, it took the focus off of him as a Main Story.

Well thanks to his Attorneys sending out that letter it looks like it got some of those Production People to open up on the sly a little more thus helping us see how weird he really is.

Its back David....you are quickly becoming the new talked about idiot again.

Posted at 4:58PM on Nov 5th 2007 by Dog Copperfield

48. who woulda thunk that dav was so freeky deeky

Posted at 5:20PM on Nov 5th 2007 by WakeUpCall

49. It's all too creepy and smarmy. David Cop-A-Feel.

Posted at 5:03PM on Nov 5th 2007 by ChiZGal

50. i got 2 islands to much your double d's.

Posted at 5:03PM on Nov 5th 2007 by ignatius j. reilly

51. No longer David Copperfield - now David Coppaplea....

Posted at 5:03PM on Nov 5th 2007 by Hideous

52. It's amazing that they would codify this process.

You're going to tell me someone as successful as David Copperfield can't find hot women without resorting to stuff like this?

Posted at 5:04PM on Nov 5th 2007 by MacGuffin

53. women don't want a man with an island. they want a man who can handle a philly.

Posted at 5:06PM on Nov 5th 2007 by rancher windy

54. Can't he just pull a date out of a hat or something?

Posted at 5:07PM on Nov 5th 2007 by whoosh

55. I always thought that good ol' COPP-A-FEEL had a very chester-the-molester like vibe about him! he's gross. i wouldn't even f him with britney's co o ch ie

Posted at 5:08PM on Nov 5th 2007 by L Dogg

56. I like his tactics he has really thought this whole process out and a lot of trial and error applied. I think he should change his name to Ho-dini creepy white guy rapist .

Posted at 5:07PM on Nov 5th 2007 by Shane

57. island hopping is hott.

Posted at 5:08PM on Nov 5th 2007 by rancher windy

58. Guess he will need to do a real disappearing act to get out of this one.

Posted at 5:20PM on Nov 5th 2007 by Robert Baxter

59. None of this is illegal. He's just trying to pick up chicks the only way he know how to. Just means he's a weirdo loser.
If there's proof he raped someone, that's another matter.

Posted at 5:09PM on Nov 5th 2007 by bIUBaBULa

60. I still don't understand what is wrong with this...............he has guidlines to go by and seems to be playing everything by the book.......this is for assistants people,not dates..........I doubt for one minute if he has trouble getting dates............remember Claudia?

Posted at 5:17PM on Nov 5th 2007 by SharptonUSuck

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