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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.

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91. I don't know which is worse... that this is creepy beyond description, or that for some reason Copperfield has to have paid employees help him get women. He's a loser either way.

Posted at 5:44PM on Nov 5th 2007 by Angiebaby

92. Sure, Crazy Creepy, but you KNOW after this, there's goinng to be just a different type of woman seeking him out, just like famous guys in prison, guys like John Mark Carr, etc.

He'll probably just get laid more, only by women as equally creepy as him, and there's probably more of them....

Posted at 5:49PM on Nov 5th 2007 by Gitarzan

93. Yeah, what was that whole thing a few years ago with David Copperfield and Claudia Schiffer having a "contractual" dating relationship? Sounds like this once great showman is really a social 'tard w/ an "inner" pocket protector, and it's showing itself like he's a real perv.

Posted at 5:53PM on Nov 5th 2007 by bankroll

94. There is something very odd in all this-- I can't imagine that this guy couldn't pick up women "the old fashioned way"... for one thing, the questions on the form are strangely worded, for another, I can't figure out why anyone would be so "obvious" as to have a questionairre-- I mean, the guy had to know this stuff could be leaked...I have a feeling there is more to this than meets the eye, but I guess we'll all find out as more info is leaked!

Posted at 5:50PM on Nov 5th 2007 by jackplane

95. Sounds like a predator - a powerplay - very sick - stay away. put him away in jail.

Posted at 5:54PM on Nov 5th 2007 by cwc

96. i have a questionare for all my clients in case their good looking and their marrige breaks up.

Posted at 5:56PM on Nov 5th 2007 by miss. beeallucanbe

97. my boss gave me the same questionare before he hired me.

Posted at 5:59PM on Nov 5th 2007 by hot 4 teacher

98. This isn't about getting a "date"... This is about getting laid... Power corrupts, absolut power corrupts absolutely..

Posted at 7:48AM on Nov 6th 2007 by RTM

99. have u ever wanted 2 make love on an island?

Posted at 6:05PM on Nov 5th 2007 by ignatius j. reilly

100. when i was younger i wanted to dance on fantasy island.

Posted at 12:36PM on Nov 8th 2007 by army brat

101. i used to dream of dancing on fantasy island.

Posted at 6:07PM on Nov 5th 2007 by army brat

102. Man thats an elaborate plot just to get some azz. Dude you're David Copperfield, you really didn't have to try all that hard. This is the weirdest piece of Groupie Abuse I've seen. :)) I'm dyin over here

Posted at 6:10PM on Nov 5th 2007 by JaimeNTexas

103. He may be a heck of a magician, but he's also a heck of a moron...way to go DC, put your creepiness in writing!

Paging Britney's paps...fast track to the next trainwreck!

Posted at 6:25PM on Nov 5th 2007 by Annie

104. What I am guessing is he took this right from the Michael Jackson play book but changed it from small children to women.

Whereas MJ prolly called the kids smurfs or something, now it's scorpions. Where the references were to parents, now it's "husbands and boyfriends.

Posted at 6:54PM on Nov 5th 2007 by SOT

105. Ok first of all super creepy. Second of all, WTF. He is a millionaire magician who owns islands in the bahama's! If u can't get hot chicks all on your own, with that kind of pub U R A LAME! That's what makes it so damn creepy. I mean most of us will settle for a job, a car and their own place! My god man. Get it together.

Posted at 6:20PM on Nov 5th 2007 by tiff

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