Progress On The David Copperfield Sexual Assault Case - Kind Of

Finally something has happened in the David Copperfield sexual assault case. It isn't much but at least we now have a timeline. Yesterday, the a-hole magician's attorneys got a six month stay in the civil case. The reason? Well, it is actually a good reason. The US Attorney in Seattle is still investigating the crime and will finish it and decide whether to charge Copperfield within those six months. While that investigation is ongoing the a-hole can't really answer questions in the civil trial because he might incriminate himself in the criminal investigation. Although it would be fun to watch the a-hole squirm and have to plead the 5th Amendment, it isn't constitutionally fair and so the decision was the correct one.

So, within six months the feds will decide whether to proceed. If they have been working on it for two years and haven't quit then I think we will see something positive from them. If for some reason they decline to take it any further there is still the civil trial. Well, the civil case. I don't think David Copperfield will even let himself get deposed so this will settle before then. The last thing he wants is a really good lawyer asking him about his sex life for three days and having it leaked to the world.

If you click this link here, it will take you to the Seattle Times who has a timeline and the series of articles they have written on the case.