Author: Chris Perez / Source: Page Six
Magician David Copperfield was forced to reveal the secret behind one of his most famous tricks in court this week.
The 61-year-old illusionist is being sued for negligence by a British man who claims to have been injured while taking part in one of his shows at the MGM Grand Hotel in 2013.
His executive producer, Chris Kenner, took the stand Tuesday in Las Vegas and disclosed how the trick in question — dubbed “Lucky #13” — is done.
Revealing it from start to finish, he described how Copperfield chooses 13 audience members at random and then brings them on stage to sit on a platform.
“We’re going to send you all to hell,” he tells the participants. “This is like going on vacation, only hotter, with more familiar faces.”
Copperfield then covers them with curtains, banters with the crowd and eventually makes the group disappear. Moments later, he points to the back of the room and tells the audience to turn around — revealing…
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