A new tranche of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein unsealed Friday suggests more ties between celebrity magician David Copperfield and the pedophile financier.
Copperfield’s name appears in a 2010 deposition of Sarah Kellen as part of a case against Jeffrey Epstein brought by an unnamed plaintiff. Kellen, who worked for Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, has been accused of recruiting girls and facilitating Epstein’s sexual abuse. She was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in Epstein’s 2008 non-prosecution agreement.
In the deposition, the plaintiff’s lawyer asked if Kellen knew Copperfield, about the relationship between Epstein and Copperfield, and if she recalled a dinner at Epstein’s Palm Beach mansion attended by Copperfield.
Kellen’s lawyer objected to the questions, and Kellen invoked the Fifth Amendment in answering each.
The plaintiff’s lawyer continued to press, asking if Copperfield and Epstein recruited “girls” for one another or were involved in sex trafficking.
“Do you know that when David Copperfield is in town, he gives Jeffrey Epstein tickets and Jeffrey gives some to young women to attend those shows?” the lawyer asked. “And do you know that those girls are invited backstage after the show?”
While Kellen continued to invoke the Fifth Amendment, the line of questioning could point to more potential connections between Copperfield and Epstein.
Before unredacted documents in the Epstein case were released this week, Copperfield had not been linked to the financier.
His name also appeared in the 2016 deposition of Epstein victim Johanna Sjoberg, which was released on January 3. In her deposition, Sjoberg recalled meeting the magician, who seemed to be a friend of Epstein, at the pedophile’s house.
Copperfield asked her if she “was aware that girls were getting paid to find other girls,” Sjoberg said.
Representatives for Copperfield did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.
Copperfield, one of the world’s highest-paid and most famous magicians, earned $46 million in 2020, according to Forbes. In addition to a long-standing residency at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, he earns money renting out the 11 private islands he owns in the Bahamas.
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