# David Copperfield accused of sexual misconduct **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 15, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-accused-of-sexual-misconduct/1001600 "2024-05-15T18:45:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-accused-of-sexual-misconduct/1001600/1 "2024-05-15T18:45:49Z")
It does sound pretty horrible. (Edited for a dumb statement). > **[David Copperfield: Magician accused of sexual misconduct](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-69017797)** > > Lawyers for the illusionist say the allegations are "false and scurrilous". ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-accused-of-sexual-misconduct/1001600/2 "2024-05-15T18:53:35Z")
never mind. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-accused-of-sexual-misconduct/1001600/3 "2024-05-15T19:21:08Z")
We’ll see how good a magician he really is, if he can make this disappear. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-accused-of-sexual-misconduct/1001600/4 "2024-05-15T19:37:48Z")
Making a thing disappear is what got him in trouble. Bad joke, but someone was going to do it. I actually came here becasue I got this mixed up with a death notice thread. ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-accused-of-sexual-misconduct/1001600/5 "2024-05-15T19:38:14Z")
1 or 2 allegations are one thing, but 16?!!! He’s always given me a creepy vibe. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-accused-of-sexual-misconduct/1001600/6 "2024-05-15T20:25:57Z")
All the details [here](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2024/may/15/david-copperfield-allegations). Always thought he was creepy. I grew up on Doug Henning. He was hippy-cool. 🕶 ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-accused-of-sexual-misconduct/1001600/7 "2024-05-15T21:00:57Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > _I grew up on Doug Henning. He was hippy-cool._ We saw him perform “live” one time and he was simply amazing. He had a real charm about him. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-accused-of-sexual-misconduct/1001600/8 "2024-05-15T22:08:40Z")
He shall forevermore be referred to as David Copafeel. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-accused-of-sexual-misconduct/1001600/9 "2024-05-15T22:12:42Z")
I believe the appropriate honorific is _still_ “Mr. President.” > **['David Cop-a-feel': Ex-President George H.W. Bush accused of groping...](https://www.smh.com.au/world/david-copafeel-expresident-george-hw-bush-accused-of-groping-16yearold-girl-in-2003-20171114-gzkx57.html)** > > A woman alleged that George H.W. Bush groped her buttocks in 2003, when the woman was 16 years old, according to Time Magazine. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-accused-of-sexual-misconduct/1001600/10 "2024-05-15T23:29:31Z")
From the link in the OP: > "In fact, David has a record of risking his career to help protect women from powerful predators. Huh? ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-accused-of-sexual-misconduct/1001600/11 "2024-05-15T23:55:24Z")
David is having a bad year. > **[David Copperfield performed magic tricks at dinner with Epstein accuser at...](https://nypost.com/2024/01/04/news/david-copperfield-did-magic-tricks-during-a-dinner-at-one-of-the-houses-of-jeffrey-epstein/amp/)** > > Copperfield “did some magic tricks” at the dinner. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-accused-of-sexual-misconduct/1001600/12 "2024-05-16T00:30:52Z")
He grew up in a nearby town. I have 1 degree of separation with some people who knew him in school. That’s all I got. He moved on very soon after high school and never looked back. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-accused-of-sexual-misconduct/1001600/13 "2024-05-16T01:32:44Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > He moved on very soon after high school moved on or had to move on? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-accused-of-sexual-misconduct/1001600/14 "2024-05-16T01:50:31Z")
I knew a very attractive young woman in Vegas who had done some work with him for the show. Hope she wasn’t involved. She was nice. The time-frame was perfect, however. 😒 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-accused-of-sexual-misconduct/1001600/15 "2024-05-16T03:09:33Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > > [@Loach](#): > > > > He moved on very soon after high school > > moved on or had to move on? He was headlining at 18.