Naomi Campbell: ‘I’m not a bad person’

Posted by mija on Jul 15, 2008 in News | 0 comments

Just three weeks after being sentenced to 200 hours of community service for assaulting two police officers, supermodel Naomi Campbell wants the world to know she’s “not a bad person.”
Campbell gave an emotional interview to the Daily Mirror to refute the media’s portrayal of the 38-year-old as a diva with a bad attitude.
“I’m not a bad person. When people say all these negative things about me, I ignore them,” she said. “Let them be negative – but do that away from me. It hurts but I know there is much more good in the world.
“I’m blessed to be able to do charitable work and good things but no one focuses on that because I don’t throw it in people’s faces.”
Most people, however, might consider Campbell’s long history of outbursts and reports of violence to be more convincing than a teary-eyed interview.
Here’s a recap of her timeline of trouble:
* June 2000: Campbell’s personal assistant Vanessa Frisbee accused the model of attacking her.
* August 2004: One of Campbell’s maids accuses the model of kicking, scratching and slapping her.
* March 2005: The leggy model reportedly beat her assistant with her Blackberry. (Campbell denied it.)
* January 2006: Campbell was sentenced to five days of community service for misdemeanor assault after she threw her cell phone at her housekeeper for reportedly taking her jeans. The housekeeper is said to have needed four stitches to patch up the wounds.
* July 2006: Several former employees filed lawsuits against the catwalker for physical and mental abuse. She was also arrested later in the month for creating a disturbance outside of her ex-boyfriend’s house after trying to get some of her things returned.
source: nydailynews.com