Jeffrey Epstein gave several of his victims ‘backstage passes’ to magician David Copperfield’s shows as a treat for their services, prosecutors claimed in the newly released emails.
In bombshell messages seen by the Daily Mail, one unnamed prosecutor described the famous illusionist as Epstein’s ‘favorite cohort’ and said tickets to his performances were used as ‘birthday gifts’ for the girls the pedophile abused.
The explosive claims appear in emails dated October 2007, written shortly after the FBI raided a Las Vegas warehouse owned by Copperfield amid allegations he raped an adult woman – allegations the magician has always denied and for which no charges were filed.
The emails were included in the trove of documents released by the Department of Justice this week related to its investigation into Epstein.
Among the files were three photos showing Copperfield dressed in matching white bathrobes with Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently serving 20 years in prison for trafficking minors to Epstein.
The two are pictured playfully hugging each other and fooling around with candy while Copperfield, 69, whose real name is David Kotkin, smiles.
But the newly released emails give fresh insight into the depth of the relationship between Epstein, who hanged himself in 2019, and Copperfield, who has been accused of sexual misconduct in the past but always denied it.
In the October 2007 email, the prosecutor – whose name is redacted – wrote: ‘FYI FBI Seattle and FBI Las Vegas executed a search today on a warehouse owned by Epstein’s favorite cohort, David Copperfield, in connection with allegations that Copperfield raped an adult female.
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