David Blaine Accused Of Sexual Assault: Allegedly Hypnotized One Women Into Consenting

Magician David Blaine has come under fire for allegations of sexual assault by two women. The musician is being investigated by the New York Police Department (NYPD), but no charges have been filed.

The two women allege they were attacked by Blaine in two separate incidents more than 20 years ago in Manhattan, The Daily Beast reported.

One of the women claims that Blaine hypnotized her into compliance in 1997, forcing her to masturbate him while she was in the hypnotic state, the New York Post reported. The other woman claimed that the alleged sexual assault by Blaine occurred in his apartment in 1998, according to the news outlet.

Both women have been interviewed by detectives, and an ongoing investigation is underway by the NYPD Special Victims Divisions Cold Case Squad, which NYPD Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea confirmed by saying “there is an active investigation” in an unrelated news conference on Monday.

“The NYPD takes sexual assault and rape cases extremely seriously,” Phil Walzak, chief spokesman for the NYPD said in a statement, “and urges anyone who has been a victim to file a report so we can perform a comprehensive investigation, and offer support and services to survivors.”

The women are not the first to claim that Blaine sexually assaulted them as Natasha Price, a former model, alleged that the 45-year-old raped her in a home in London in 2004, before she turned 21. The case was closed when Blaine told investigators that the sex was consensual.

Blaine has not been charged with any crimes at this time nor has he addressed the allegations against him.