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According to Copperfield’s lawyer and Washington state officials, the woman who accused David Copperfield of sexual assault over two years ago, is now being charged with prostitution and false accusation in a different case.

Copperfield attorney Patty Eakes stated Tuesday, “Local authorities have charged Mr. Copperfield’s accuser with making yet another false claim of rape, this time against a Seattle-area businessman, and with prostitution,” adding that “These developments vindicate Mr. Copperfield and confirm what he has said all along — this woman tried to extort money from him by making a false claim. Thankfully, authorities have now stepped in to stop her.”

An investigation of Copperfield began when a woman filed a police report regarding an incident that supposedly took place in the summer of 2007 in the Bahamas.

The illusionist, 53, performs in Las Vegas and across the world and was named a “living legend” by the Library of Congress.

Forbes magazine estimates Copperfield earned $30 million last year.

Mariska Hargitay is one of prime time’s best-loved and highest paid actresses. In the February 2010 issue of MORE magazine, the star of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit talks openly to Meryl Gordon about her turbulent year, how she worries about money and other things as well.

According to Forbes recent estimation, Hargitay earn around $8.5 million per year, but she says, “I constantly worry about money. I make a lot now, but I don’t feel that way, because I was poor and had no money for a lot longer than I’ve had it.

As an actor, if this show ends next year, then what? As an aging woman, then what? I’m saving money to live on, for the future.”

Hargitay was irritated when NBC moved SVU earlier, because of The Jay Leno Show this season. She says frankly, “It ruined our numbers. The first four episodes, we were considerably down because nobody knew when the show was on. Finally, we’re starting to find our audience again.”

The Emmy winning star speaks openly about how she struggled for years in Hollywood, as she was always being told “they’re going in another direction” and “they wanted a blonde.” Hargitay also said that she wanted to quit, but her father, bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay, would say, “No, we don’t quit in this family.”

For a lot more from Mariska Hargitay, get the February issue of MORE magazine, on newsstands January 26.