David Copperfield’s attorney David Chesnoff says that allegations leveled against his client are untrue and were improperly leaked by federal investigators to the “Seattle Times”.
According to Chesnoff, Washington state has taken over jurisdiction in the case even though the alleged assault took place in Nassau.
The Seattle office of the FBI is heading up the investigation. The search warrant used to raid Copperfield’s holdings in Las Vegas is sealed. It is unknown what might have been seized as evidence.
A federal grand jury is investigating the evidence to determine whether Copperfield will stand trial.