Master magician David Copperfield threatens to squash JK Rowling with the Statue of Liberty if Harry Potter does not disappear in spoof video

He is the international magic man of mystery most famous for making the Statue of Liberty disappear.

Now David Copperfield seems to want to make everyone’s favourite boy wizard vanish, as he has sent out a cease and desist letter to JK Rowling claiming her Harry Potter stories are a rip-off of his life story.

The famously straight-faced illusionist was playing it for laughs in a spoof video sure to raise a smile among magic fans of all kinds.

Suits you sir: Magic legend David Copperfield revealed he is issuing a legal challenge to Harry Potter author JK Rowling because she ripped off the story of his life in a spoof video

The legend of legerdemain’s most outrageous claim is that he saved the world by crushing an evil wizard by vanishing the Statue of Liberty and making it land on top of him.

David, 54, then warns Scotland-based author JK Rowling she can expect the same treatment if she ignores his legal challenge.

He said: ‘I tried calling JK Rowling to sort this out but she’s too busy buying castles to fill with money.
‘So I have no choice but to cast a litigation spell.’He chants some magic words and makes his ‘cease and desist letter’ float out of an envelope and into his hand.

Spoof: Copperfield joked that JK Rowling was too busy filling her castles with money