not a David Copperfield taking a stand forced to publicly reveal how he performs one of his biggest tricks after a man was injured at a show and sued ABC's TJ Holmes here with the details you got it down TJ well dude I still don't know how they pull the rabbit out of a hat but in this case David Copperfield makes thirteen people disappear on stage and reappear at the back of the room well because a man was injured after he disappeared we now know exactly how this trick works and here's a hint George it's not
magic the world's most famous magician forced in a courtroom to pull back the curtain on one of his most famous tricks David Copperfield was grilled in a courtroom about what happened tonight an audience member gavin Cox was injured while participating in one of his illusions he's not responsible to him yes Knox says he was part of the vanishing crowd illusion where 13 members disappear from a cage suspended above the stage then magically reappear at the back of the audience Cox says he was rushed off the stage and slipped and fell into a dark construction zone
causing permanent brain damage copper Phil's team was forced to reveal that instead of actually disappearing that people are actually rushed to a different location through a series of backstage passages and hotel corridors inside the MGM Grand that's my question for his part copper Phil says he only found out Cox was hurt after he sued the magician a year after the accident Cox is suing for unspecified damages suing copper fields to an MGM and also the construction company this is something guys that copper phil has performed for some ten years we don't know if you'll be
able to continue with it a part of the show since the secret is out well wait and see alright TJ thank you hi everyone george stephanopolous here thanks for checking out the ABC News YouTube channel if you'd like to get more videos show highlights and watch live event coverage click on the right over here to subscribe to our channel and don't forget to download the ABC News app for breaking news alerts thanks for watching
