So I came across this article on CNN:
Copperfield, 50, and two female assistants were walking from the Kravis Center to their tour bus when they were approached by the teens April 23. The assistants handed over money and a cellphone, but the illusionist turned his pockets inside out to reveal nothing, although he was carrying his passport, wallet and cell phone.
“He said in depositions that he had things on him, but it wasn’t difficult to make it seem like there was nothing there,” prosecutor Sherri Collins said.
I think this is a very useful skill to have. I’m impressed that he’d be clearheaded enough to use his slight of hand skills even when he was getting robbed.
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November 10, 2006 at 3:37 pm
I think it is hilarious that the assistants gave away their items, and here is Copperfield saving himself. I would have definitely looked at him crazy. “You couldn’t try and help me too? You’re so damn selfish!” And, what if it didn’t work? He would have been stabbed. How funny would it be if he pulled his pockets out and his wallet fell out somewhere else? haha.