A SICK ACT
Model: Blaine raped me at mansion in ’04
A FORMER MODEL has accused Brooklyn-born magician David Blaine of raping her in a London mansion in 2004, according to a new report.
Natasha Prince told The Daily Beast that Blaine, 44, invited her to the posh private residence in the Chelsea neighborhood shortly after her 21st birthday and promptly fixed her a vodka cocktail in a tall crystal glass.
Whatever was in the drink caused her to turn “floaty” and mostly black out, she said.
“At some point, I was on the bed, face-forward, and he was behind me. I think it woke me up a little bit, because I’d never had (that kind of sex act) done to me before,” Prince told the news website.
Scotland Yard confirmed the woman reported the alleged attack on Nov. 17, 2016. She told police she was raped in June or July 2004.
Blaine’s lawyer shot down the allegations.
“My client vehemently denies that he raped or sexually assaulted any woman, ever, and he specifically denies raping a woman in 2004,” Marty Singer said.
In her interview with The Daily Beast, Prince said she didn’t report the alleged rape at first because she initially felt attracted to Blaine and believed she invited the assault by showing possible interest.
“You have to understand, my interpretation was that it was my fault. I didn’t think of it as rape. In my head, rape was being sober — pull her in a bush, pull down her pants and just ditch her ... So I blamed myself,” she told the website.
Prince described first meeting Blaine at a Knightsbridge nightclub called the Wellington.
“He was nice to me,” she said. “I’m not sure what was said, but I remember he was giving me a lot of attention.” She said Blaine texted her the next day with the invitation to the private residence. At first she turned it down, citing an early work call the next morning, but Blaine offered to send a car, so she agreed.
“We pulled up to this mansion — there were electronic gates, and it really intimidated me. It was like an embassy, with 20 or 30 rooms, and I took an elevator up to the third or fourth floor,” she recalled.
Prince said Blaine handed her the drink, and shortly after that, he assaulted her.
She ran into Blaine a few times over the years, including a chance encounter in a New York City subway that included his girlfriend and daughter, she said.
A few days later, Blaine showed up outside her new place of work, Manhattan’s famed Gagosian Gallery.
“He called my name and asked how I was. It was very brief, but he seemed to come out of nowhere,” Prince said.
Blaine acknowledged meeting Prince in a statement from Singer that claimed she approached him.
“The last time my client saw Ms. Prince was approximately five years ago, on the streets of New York, where Ms. Prince approached my client and invited him to see her at the Gagosian Gallery, where she works. This conduct is completely inconsistent with any claim that my client engaged in any wrongful conduct approximately 13 years ago with Ms. Prince,” Singer said.
Prince said she finally reported the incident last year after working out what happened in therapy.