Production Companies For Star Magician Criss Angel Sued For Alleged Failure To Pay Royalties For Magician’s Alleged Use Of Confidential And Proprietary Magic Tricks

Production companies for Criss Angel, the star of Cirque de Soleil’s “Believe” and the A&E cable television show Mindfreak, were sued in New York state court recently by a twenty-three year old illusionist who claims that Angel’s companies have failed to pay him for the use of three alleged confidential and proprietary magic tricks that he claims that he created. 

Jacob Spinney’s eight count complaint arises out of an alleged breach of contract involving certain confidential and proprietary magic tricks (e.g. methods of staging and performing three specific illusions or magical effects) that he claims to have permitted Angel to use pursuant to a written contract. Spinney claims that Angel failed to satisfy his end of an agreement that they purportedly entered in 2005. Pursuant to the alleged agreement, Spinney purportedly assigned the rights in three of his magical effects to Angel’s production company in exchange for a percentage of the net profits realized from the magical effects. Spinney is now seeking monetary compensation and for all rights to be returned to him on two of the three illusions.

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