Copperfield “rape victim” arrested for prostitution

This alleged crime occurred on a small island Copperfield bought from the Bahamian government last year; which he has magically transformed into a bohemian paradise called Musha Cay… One can certainly understand why this woman probably assumed that he was immune to criminal charges there, and why he probably presumes that what Copperfield wants on Musha Cay, Copperfield takes…

It also allows Copperfield to cover up whatever sex crime he may have committed by arguing – with professional indignation – that everything that happens on his island is pure illusion…by design (and implied consent)! Just kidding folks

[Copperfield accused of rape?! Maybe it was just an illusion, TIJ, October 23, 2007]

This, in part, is the tongue-in-cheek way I commented on the sensational allegation of rape that  Lacey L. Carroll filed against illusionist David Copperfield in 2007.  And, as you can probably well imagine, I was raked over the coals by the sisterhood of surfing feminists for it.

I am not in the habit of making light of such allegations of course. But there were so many inconsistencies in her story that making allusions to Copperfield’s art of illusion seemed appropriate.

For example, even if he graduated from the same school of bimbo management as Tiger Woods, I did not believe that Copperfield would have offered her $2 million, as she claimed, to buy her silence; and, more to the point, I did not believe that she would have rejected it if he did….

Now it seems that my take on her allegation has been vindicated by a report in Tuesday’s Seattle Times, which read in part as follows:

The 23-year-old model who has accused magician David Copperfield of rape is now facing misdemeanor charges of prostitution and filing a false report after she allegedly tried to solicit $2,000 for sex from a man in Bellevue. The charges were filed Tuesday by the Bellevue City Prosecutor’s Office against Lacey L. Carroll of Kirkland, who represented the City of Kirkland and was first runner-up in the 2010 Miss Washington USA pageant.

On Dec. 2, the pair rented a room at the Hotel Bellevue. Inside the room, the two engaged in a sex act until the woman allegedly told him, ‘put $2,000 in my purse and you can have it all,’ according to the man’s statement to police. When he refused, he said, she left the room. The man told police he went to the lobby and found the woman claiming to hotel staff that she had been ‘taken advantage of.’

No doubt this explains why the FBI and federal prosecutors dropped their investigation into her 2007 claim against Copperfield two weeks ago.

But never mind me, just direct your apologies to Copperfield; because this allegation nearly ruined not only his personal but also his professional reputation.  

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