David Blaine Is Facing Rape Allegations Over A 2004 Incident With UK Model

Scotland Yard has confirmed it has launched an investigation into rape allegations made against magician David Blaine by a former model stemming from an incident in 2004.

Natasha Prince, a British-born retired model, alleged that Blaine raped her in a private home in the London neighbourhood of Chelsea in 2004, mere months after Prince’s 21st birthday.

The Daily Beast reports that Prince first contacted police to file the complaint approximately a year ago, and now Scotland Yard officials have requested Blaine travel to England to face questioning.

Police officials stopped short of confirming Blaine’s identity in a statement issued to media, but did confirm that they were conducting an on-going investigation.

Officers from the Met’s Child Abuse and Sexual Offences Command are investigating an allegation of rape. The allegation was reported to police on 17 November 2016 by a woman who alleged she was raped at an address in Chelsea in June or July 2004 when she was aged 21. There have been no arrests at this stage and enquiries continue.

Attorneys for Blaine vehemently denied all allegations levelled against the 44-year-old magician, with lead attorney Marty Singer asserting Blaine’s innocence.

My client vehemently denies that he raped or sexually assaulted any woman, ever, and he specifically denies raping a woman in 2004. This would include Natasha Prince. If, in fact, there is any police investigation, my client will fully cooperate because he has nothing to hide.

Scotland Yard officials emailed Blaine, vis his legal team, requesting he come to the UK for an “interview under caution,” at which he and his legal team would be provided with the finer details of the police investigation into the incident.

Prince’s allegations and the police investigation are becoming public knowledge in a time where scores of powerful men are being publicly revealed as sexual predators and abusers, with currently Hollywood reeling from the fallout of the Harvey Weinstein scandal.

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