April 2, 2006
Naomi Campbell on mobile phone assault rap
Naomi Campbell has been told she could face seven years behind bars after being charged with assaulting one of her staff, writes This Is London.
But the model insists she is being set up in revenge for sacking her maid earlier in the day. She denied the charge when she appeared in court.
"She was preparing for an appearance for the Oprah show and could not locate her jeans," lawyer Elina Kreditor told the hearing. She accused her housemaid of stealing her clothing and she fired her. As she was walking down the stairs, she threw a cell phone at her head. She went to hospital and received four stitches to the back of her head."
It is not the first time the supermodel has been involved in rows with her staff. In 2000 she pleaded guilty to attacking her personal assistant whom she hit with a phone and threatened to throw out of a moving car in Toronto. The same year another PA, said she had also been attacked during an argument, and in 2003 an aide sued after claiming Campbell had thrown a mobile phone at her. In August 2004, police recorded an allegation by Campbell's housekeeper Millicent Burton that she had been punched and scratched during an argument over packing a suitcase.
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