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Naomi
Campbell will be charged over her rage over lost luggage. |
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Prosecutors will file charges against
Naomi Campbell, 37, following a row that led to the supermodel being
taken off a British Airways plane in handcuffs. The incident
occurred when airline staff told her that one piece of her luggage
had been lost in Terminal Five. |
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Reportedly she physically and
verbally assaulted both police and the BA airline staff. She
allegedly spat and screamed. |
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Reporters said that she will be in
the court system for some time to come. The incident occurred in the
confused Terminal 5 of Heathrow after Campbell boarded a flight and
was told by first class cabin BA staff that one of her two bags was
lost. |
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BA staff told her she that would have
to leave the flight. That caused Campbell to explode in rage.
Reports describe that she yelled "A***holes. You are all a***holes"
at police and also abused BA staff. |
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"Why can't you do anything right? Get
all my bags on this flight. I'm Naomi Campbell," she said. Also she
yelled, "bloody fools" to the BA crew and "What are you looking at?"
to other passengers. One crew member reportedly attempted to
restrain her. Female BA staff reportedly collapsed in tears during
the escalating incident. |
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Armed police officers removed her
from the plane. She was later released on bail on suspicion of
assaulting a police officer. Witnesses stated that she spat in the
face of one officer and tried to kick and punch other officers. |
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There is not yet official
confirmation, but BA is believed to have imposed a lifetime ban on
Campbell. |
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Initially she was reported to have
pleaded with airline officials to overturn the ban. She claimed that
she had spent tens of thousands of pounds on BA flights over years.
However, she later told a Brazilian newspaper she was boycotting BA. |
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Following her flight to Rio from
London on Brazilian carrier TAM, she reportedly said, "Someone from
BA asked that I return to fly with them but this will not occur so
early. I am speaking for all those who have been disrespected." |
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Campbell has been charged with five
offenses, including assaulting a constable (three counts),
disorderly conduct likely to cause harassment, alarm, or distress
(one count), and threatening or abusive words or behavior toward the
cabin crew (one count). |
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Simon Nichols, her attorney, said
Miss Campbell is bitterly disappointed that prosecutors are
prosecuting her. |
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In 2007, Campbell was ordered to
spend a week mopping floors at a New York City warehouse for hitting
her maid with a cell phone. |
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In January, 2007, Campbell plead
guilty to reckless assault and was ordered to attend a two-day anger
management course and pay her victim's medical expenses. |