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Naomi Campbell charged
Rex Features
Naomi Campbell has been charged in connection with an alleged assault on a policeman at Heathrow airport, it has emerged.
The charge follows an incident last month when Campbell was forcibly removed from an LA-bound flight after allegedly swearing and spitting at an officer over a row about her lost luggage.
The fiery 38-year-old supermodel will appear at Uxbridge Crown Court on 20 June, according to her lawyer, Simon Nichols, who said Naomi was 'bitterly disappointed' by the decision.
She was informed the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) would face charges over the incident when she answered bail at Heathrow police station yesterday morning, weraing a smart pinstripe suit.
Last night the CPS confirmed Naomi had been charged with 'six offences in relation to incidents that occurred on a stationary aircraft and within Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport'.
Naomi is accused of assaulting two police officers — one of them twice. She is also accused of two threats to air crew, and disorderly conduct.
Each assault rap has a sentence up to six months — but JPs could send her to Crown Court where she could get 18 months jail, if guilty. She also faces fines of up to £21,000.
At the time of the incident, Naomi was flying by British Airways to a memorial service in the US from Heathrow’s Terminal 5, which was plagued by baggage problems and losses.
Naomi was informed that one of her bags had not made it on to the flight and was untraceable, allegedly causing Naomi to fly into a rage (instead of LA), resulting in her being handcuffed and removed from the plane.
The supermodel left all her problems in London last week when she jetted off to Cannes to celebrate her 38th birthday. She was seen partying on ex-boyfriend P Diddy's yacht, as well as gracing the red carpet in a number of dazzling dresses.
But it's back to earth with a bump, now!
SEE ALL THE STARS ON THE RED CARPET IN OUR GLAMOROUS CANNES PHOTO GALLERY
SEE MORE NAOMI CAMPBELL PHOTOS HERE
Thursday 29 May 2008
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The fine is pocket money to her. That won't help - should have been means-tested! The sentence will, I suspect STILL be way too lenient, but hopefully she will go behind bars - not like Paris Hiltons 48 hours or whatever but perhaps a few months, for her to re-think her behaviour and life. She is so unbelievably arrogant, self-centred and a real egoist. She firmly believes the world revolves around her. I don't get it - why do people think this bimbo is attractive? There are a million other girls out there who blow her into the weeds. Hopefully this affair will teach her a bit of humility.
Comment by Richard on June 01 11:47
Did she get her luggage back?
Comment by Troy on May 30 22:19
It's about time she was taught a lesson. She has been getting away with this for years. She is extremely arrogant and thinks she is above the law. The community service she did in New York she treated as a publicity stunt and laughed her way through it in her designer gear. She obviously didn't learn her lesson from that so now they need to be more severe with her. If she was not so well known and Mrs Nobody she would have been jailed. It's not fair to ordinary people to see 'Celebes' being treated more leniently. With the current yob situation, they are looking at people like this and thinking they can behave the same way in disrespecting other people. She needs to behave herself and set an example and she doesn't.
Comment by Carol Reid on May 30 12:25
Good! It's about time these so called celebrities got treated like the rest of us. Anyone else would probably have been charged ages ago. That sort of behaviour just isn't acceptable - from anybody.
Comment by Penny on May 30 10:59