A Washington State woman who accused David Copperfield of luring her to his private island in the Bahamas and raping her in July 2007 has dropped her civil suit against the magician.
Lawyers for waitress Lacey Carroll announced her decision to scrap the claim in a press statement on Tuesday — just days after a federal judge ruled that Copperfield’s attorneys would be allowed to question her under oath.
The FBI and federal prosecutors spent more than two years investigating the sexual assault allegations — and even searched Copperfield’s Las Vegas warehouse — but closed the case without filing criminal charges early this year.
“Carroll’s lawsuit was nothing but a pathetic attempt to extort Mr Copperfield for money with malicious and false allegations,” said Copperfield’s attorney, Angelo Calfo. “There was no settlement. Mr Copperfield would not and did not pay Carroll a dime to drop her lawsuit.”
Carroll filed her civil lawsuit in US District Court in Seattle seeking damages from Copperfield last July, but maintained in Tuesday’s statement that: “It has never been about money.”