talkmagic.co.uk

27 April 2006
A SLEIGHT PROBLEM FOR GANG

ILLUSIONIST David Copper-field used magic tricks to foil armed robbers in Florida.

The gang pounced as he walked from a restaurant with two female assistants after a show in West Palm Beach.

Copperfield was ordered at gunpoint to empty his pockets.

But even though he had a mobile phone, passport and wallet stuffed in them, they looked empty when he turned them inside out.

He said: "Call it reverse pick-pocketing. I had a gun pointed at my head."

But one assistant handed over £220 while the other gave up her purse containing money, passport, plane tickets and a mobile phone.

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Copperfield noted the registration of the car the four teenagers jumped into.

Cops arrested four young men a short time later.

The showman, famous for his big theatre tricks, said he was used to being cool under pressure.

I was actually watching a comedy late-night show called Jimmy Kimmel live where he talked about this. I could probably find a clip on YouTube...It was really funny.

I think that there's another post on this that was put up a day or two after the event took place

There is more to the story, some one posted the police report and it wasnt the same as the paper report.