Magician David Copperfield Tricks Robbers
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Illusionist David Copperfield magically escaped getting robbed.
After his show at a West Palm Beach performing arts center Sunday, Copperfield was walking with two female assistants back to their tour bus when four teenagers pulled up in a black car, the police report said.
Two armed robbers allegedly got out of the car demanding the group’s belongings. An assistant handed over $400 from her pockets while the other gave up her purse with 200 euros, $100, her passport, plane tickets and a cellphone. Copperfield refused to empty his pockets, the report said.
Copperfield said he turned his pockets inside out to reveal nothing in them, even though he was carrying his passport, wallet and cell phone.
“Call it reverse pic-pocketing,” Copperfield told The Palm Beach Post for its Wednesday editions.
When the alleged robbers left in the car Copperfield read the license plate number to an assistant while she called 911.
Four teenagers were arrested shortly after and the assistants’ property recovered. They were charged with armed robbery and are being held without bond.
