David Copperfield might be a master illusionist, but no amount of magic will make this mess disappear. A new lawsuit filed against Copperfield claims the famed magician is a negligent neighbour who left his tony New York City penthouse in a state of disrepair so bad that it threatened the building’s structural integrity. The suit, to the tune of US$2.
5 million (C$3.4 million), was filed by the board of the Galleria Condominium, a luxurious 55-storey building in midtown Manhattan The board alleges that after Copperfield bought the condo in 1997 for about $7.4 million he filled it with arcade games, fortune-telling machines and other items like “hazing devices apparently used by various fraternities during the turn of the century.
” Photos included in the filing show a filthy bathtub, a stained carpet and chipped and decaying walls and ceilings. The board claims Copperfield did not do proper maintenance and upkeep on the unit and let it “devolve into a state of complete dilapidation” after moving out in 2018. “Rather than moving out in a safe and orderly fashion, Copperfield trashed the Unit,” the lawsuit states.
“Since then, Copperfield has allowed the Unit to devolve into a state of utter disrepair.” “In fact, architects have warned the Condominium that, among other things, Copperfield’s apartment contains unrepaired water damage that is so severe that it presents risks to the ‘concrete structure of the building,’ facilitated the growth of mold and mi.
