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.

Reader Comments

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61. Hey L.A. Douchenozzle, Esq., if all women are attention whores then all men are sick headed whores.

Posted at 5:09PM on Nov 5th 2007 by Love Life

62. Lock him up and throw away the key!

Posted at 5:19PM on Nov 5th 2007 by xxshortiexx

63. in my next trick i will make her virginity disappear.

Posted at 5:12PM on Nov 5th 2007 by dr. strangelove

64. Too bad there is a WRiters Strike right now. Conan, Leno, David, all of them would have a Field Day with these latest revelations.

But alas we will be hit with re runs given these Late Night Jokesters aint creative enough to remember how to write their own jokes.

Posted at 5:14PM on Nov 5th 2007 by Settle Strike Soon please

65. This is way creepy...in my opinion if you are looking for someone to date or hook up with someone do the dirty work yourself.Also I am not sure as to why anyone would agree in a contract to perform these acts for him...but I can also understand that people did bring these problems public...
I have no advice for him except find a shrink, you need serious help.

Posted at 5:15PM on Nov 5th 2007 by Jill

66. He has been doing the for years!! In 1991 after a show at Ceasar's, one of his assistants invited me and my friend's little sister (16 YEARS OLD) to the 2nd show. They sent us a bottle of wine and invited us backstage to meet him after the show where he totally hit on her. It was so sick, she told him she was 16 and we left. Then he married Claudia Shiffer and I was so grossed out she married a guy who hit on a teenage stranger.

Posted at 5:22PM on Nov 5th 2007 by AJ

67. Look up "narcissistic personality disorder." I do believe "DC" fits the bill.

And... I ALWAYS thought "magic" was creepy, and this just confirms it!

Posted at 7:00AM on Nov 6th 2007 by julie

68. Seems like the proof is always in the pudding, tricks have always been for kids, and he is a serial sexual offender. He should be arrested for his crimes against the people, immediately. MGM say goodbye to him.

Posted at 5:18PM on Nov 5th 2007 by Kenneth Hayashi

69. couldn't he just use his "magic" to pick up women? What a creep!

Posted at 5:18PM on Nov 5th 2007 by monica

70. ...at least mr. rourke's actions invoked a whole lot of funny on this board! kudos to la douchenozzle, ignatius j. reilly (great nic!), and a huge thank you to komekaka for making me lmfao! -- "play with his magic wand on his island" -- you make every celebrity pervert worth it...

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

71. The woman smells money!
But the price she'll pay for this easy money will be quite high.

Posted at 5:21PM on Nov 5th 2007 by Observer

72. I agree with comment #15, in that these artist do this at all their shows to get laid... absolutely nothing criminal about that, however maybe the bimbo went to the bahamas thinking he just wanted to be held LOL...........

Posted at 5:57PM on Nov 5th 2007 by ohpleeez

73. Sounds like JFK reincarnated.

Posted at 5:25PM on Nov 5th 2007 by Gav

74. Oh my god what a creepy icky weirdo. I can't believe they put this IN WRITING! Oh my god - actual written instructions on how to "keep the husbands/boyfriends" at bay. Wow!

Posted at 5:24PM on Nov 5th 2007 by kris

75. I use to think old Davey boy was a creepy queer. As it turns out he's not queer.

Posted at 5:29PM on Nov 5th 2007 by charley varrick

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