Copperfield’s latest trick? Making his career disappear.

David Copperfield has announced that he is performing his last show at MGM Grand in Las Vegas next month, an announcement that comes weeks after documents released in the Epstein files revealed new details about how the FBI viewed the illusionist’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, the late convicted sex offender.

The announcement that the 69-year-old illusionist’s last show would be held on 30 April appears to have been made suddenly. In a statement praising and thanking Copperfield for his 25-year stint at MGM, the company said in a statement that it would automatically refund tickets for shows that were booked after that date.

In a statement on social media, Copperfield said he would soon be announcing “what’s next”, saying it would be the largest project he had ever tackled.

Copperfield has previously faced controversies, including a criminal investigation from 2007 to 2009 in which he was accused of raping a woman he had met in the audience of a show and invited to his private Bahamian island. Copperfield was never charged and said he was innocent of any wrongdoing. In a nationally broadcast cable show with Oprah Winfrey he said he was the victim in that case.