Naomi Campbell cleared of assault

Posted by mija on Dec 13, 2006 in Exclusive, Insider, Scandals | 0 comments

Supermodel Naomi Campbell will not be charged over allegations she assaulted a woman in London earlier this year.
The Crown Prosecution Service has decided to take no further action after a woman alleged she had been attacked by the British fashion model in October.
Campbell, 36, reportedly learned the case was being dropped while giving a rare television interview, speaking of her “annus horribilis”.
“It’s been really like a tough year in terms of the accusations and stuff that’s been very hurtful and blown out of proportion and you know I can’t stop getting on with my life,” Campbell told Sky News.
“I can’t pay too much attention to this negative stuff. I don’t like to live in negativity. I like to stay in the present moment and stay positive.”
In the past year, Campbell has faced allegations of assault on both sides of the Atlantic.
In New York, she appeared in court after a maid accused her of throwing a mobile phone at her.
Then she was arrested and questioned over the assault allegations in London.
Sky News said the Metropolitan Police had confirmed they would take no further action over the matter.
Campbell said she had come to see herself as a “target” and the allegations had made her wary of the company she keeps.
“It was so hurtful, almost to the point of depressing, and that’s what’s awful about it,” she said of the London incident.
“Where does this come from, why? I just feel like I am a target. People have told me for months and years `you’re a target’ but it’s only just sunken in that I am a target.
“I have to be very careful who I’m around, what I say … I prefer not to be round someone on my own any more because I just don’t know the agendas that people have.”
Campbell said she had learned from her mistakes and was looking forward to the new year.
“I don’t harbour grudges,” she said.
Campbell found herself in the spotlight for less-than-enviable reasons again this week when she won the Plain English Campaign’s annual Foot in Mouth prize.
The London-born catwalk star scooped this year’s award for her patriotic observation on British cuisine: “I love England, especially the food. There’s nothing I like more than a lovely bowl of pasta.”