


"We can't use them anymore."Īs each of the Fox specials approaches, says Cindy, the foil in many of Kevin's tricks, "you feel physically ill." Each trick they perform, she says, is the result of tens of thousands of dollars in time and money. "Those illusions are gone now," Kevin said last week in the couple's living room, populated by all manner of bronze and plaster cherubs. They represent two of about 20 tricks in the Spencers' repertoire. The Spencers, who have toured for 15 years, filed one of the other suits after the Fox specials cost them the Shadow Box, in which Cindy slowly materializes into an empty box, and the Chinese Water Torture Cell, an escape trick invented by Houdini. His is one of at least four lawsuits against the network brought by magicians around the country. So he's making good on his threat by suing Fox for $55 million and attempting to stop Fox from airing any more of the specials.
