New York Post

Blaine raped me, says former model

- By DANIKA FEARS

A former model claims David Blaine raped her at his London home in 2004 — and now British authoritie­s are investigat­ing the magician, according to a report.

Art dealer Natasha Prince told The Daily Beast she was 21 when Blaine (right) invited her to his pad and asked her to join him in a bedroom after having her drink a cocktail.

“He spun around quite quickly and said, ‘Kiss me.’ I did kiss him. And then he said, ‘Finish your drink’ and took the glass from me and put it on the table, and that’s really the last thing I remember,” she told the publicatio­n.

“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 [anal sex] done to me before. I remember moving around a lot. I was limp, and I was very floaty; I was in and out of a deep sleep.”

Prince said she felt “stoned” when she woke up naked after the alleged rape.

“He was shirtless at the end of the bed,” she said. “And when I looked at him, he said, ‘You have really nice t-ts.’ ”

Prince said she finally came forward to police in November 2016 after years of blaming herself. Britain has no statute of limitation­s for sex crimes.

Blaine’s attorney, Marty Singer, denied the allegation­s.

“My client vehemently denies that he raped or sexually assaulted any woman, ever, and he specifical­ly denies raping a woman in 2004,” Singer said.

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