Fan Ejected from Criss Angel’s Vegas Show Claims Magician Assaulted Him

Criss Angel helped make a fan disappear from his “Mindfreak” show in Las Vegas on December 29, according to an arrest report from local police. And now that fan claims that the illusionist assaulted him.

Branden McDonald, 31, was arrested on suspicion of battery for allegedly punching the security guard who wrestled him to the ground before walking him out to the lobby, along with Angel.

Once Angel began walking back into the theater, according to the security guard, McDonald clapped his hands and leaned forward aggressively toward Angel. At this point, the guard lifted McDonald off his feet, carried him out of the lobby, and performed a citizen’s arrest.

What Doesn’t Appear in the Report …

In a new allegation that appears nowhere in the arrest report, McDonald’s attorney, Adam Solinger, told Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff Burbank that, before police arrived, Angel allegedly told McDonald, “I’m going to choke you.”

Then, from behind, according to Solinger, Angel “wraps his arm around his neck and starts choking him.”

According to Solinger, McDonald punched no one and was “texting his ailing mother” when the security guard approached and allegedly attacked him.

McDonald was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on a count of misdemeanor battery. A hearing is set for March 5 in Regional Justice Court.