
Naomi Campbell outside Magistrates’ Court in Uxbridge, England today
Naomi Campbell plead guilty today to assault and disorderly conduct from that little tantrum she threw at Heathrow Airport in early April. For her efforts, Naomi was ordered to perform 200 hours community service. The supermodel faced up to six months in jail and a $10,000 fine. AFP News says:
Outlining the case, prosecutor Melanie Parrish told magistrates in Uxbridge that Campbell had initially been friendly and professional when she boarded the Los Angeles-bound flight. But she became irate after Captain Miles Sutherland informed [her] . . . one of her bags, containing an Yves Saint Laurent outfit that she was contracted to wear on a US chat show, had not been put in the aircraft’s hold.
She flew into a rage at Sutherland, who had come out of the cockpit to explain the situation and outline what steps she could take, ordering him to get off the aircraft and find the bag himself. Parrish said the model was heard shouting at Sutherland and as he walked away, she said: “You are a racist. You wouldn’t be doing this if I was white.”
Concerned cabin crew called police but Campbell refused to move, despite being told four times that she was going to be forcibly ejected, the court heard. Parrish said that as one police officer reached forward to try to take Campbell’s arm, the model “went berserk, thrashing her arms around uncontrollably”, hitting the officer on the arm with her phone.
The officer’s colleague was then kicked in the thigh by Campbell’s stiletto-heeled boots in a struggle that forced the only other first class passenger on the aircraft to move to the staff kitchen for safety, she said.
Campbell then caught the first officer on the arm with spit, prompting him to arrest her for assault, Parrish said. She became more violent as they tried to remove her, shouting “don’t touch me”, kicking out and telling the officers: “It is because I am a black woman. You are all racists. I am going to sue you.” (Source)
Naomi seems like such a sweet girl . . . I get the feeling this is all just a big misunderstanding. Kinda like that whole Green River Killer thing. I mean, geesh, give the guy a break.





[Flynet]