Posted on 04/22/2010 6:51:57 PM PDT by Steelfish
Naomi Campbell Explodes After ABC News 'Blood Diamond' Questions Fashion Model Denies Allegations She Took 'Huge' Uncut Gem from African Despot Charles Taylor but Refuses to Cooperate in 'Crimes Against Humanity' Trial
By ANNA SCHECTER and BRIAN ROSS Apr. 22, 2010
Allegations that fashion model Naomi Campbell was given a "blood diamond" by the deposed African despot Charles Taylor have become center stage at Taylor's trial for crimes against humanity and led to another one of Campbell's infamous outbursts of anger.
The supermodel erupted when ABC News asked her about receiving a "blood diamond" "I didn't receive a diamond and I'm not going to speak about that," Campbell told ABC News before walking out of an interview and punching the camera in a producer's hand when pressed on the details.
The Campbell interview will be included in reports on the case to be broadcast this evening on World News with Diane Sawyer and Nightline.
Prosecutors in the Hague for the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone say Campbell has refused their requests to be interviewed about the allegations that they say could help directly link Taylor, the former president of Liberia, to the possession of uncut diamonds used to fuel a campaign of terror in Sierra Leone between 1997 and 2001.
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Naomi gets pissed off as frequently as your average Mohammadan.
A high percentage of the diamonds for sale are “blood diamonds”.
Check this out.
Video
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/video/naomi-campbell-snaps-at-abc-news-10446725
When I bought my wife a big-screen TV for our 25th rather than the tennis bracelet she wanted, that's the very excuse I used. It didn't work.
Thats because most women are bloodthirsty!!! :)
Blood diamond = any diamond not controlled by the illegal monopoly known as DeBeers. Diamonds are naturally occurring in very large amounts, they are not “rare”. You want rare? Platinum is far rarer.
that was disappointing, whats the big deal
Thats why they have a great big vault full of the things.
My kind of carbon footprint!
is she one of those liberal celebrities who denounces others for being greedy by exempt themselves?
You want rare? Platinum is far rarer.
Which begs the question, which is rarer, platinum or U235?
5.56mm
Naomi has allways been a class act.
“is she one of those liberal celebrities who denounces others for being greedy by exempt themselves?”
heck I don’t know, the only reason I look at a story with “super model” in the title is to see pictures.
“Which begs the question, which is rarer, platinum or U235?”
or a tax cut under BO.
Thanks. You’re right. I’ve heard the the real value of diamonds is about $50+ a carat. Not really rare. Those DeBeers, very smart, very clever.
Naomi Campbell seems to always have had a lot of behaviorial problems. And to me, she’s not that good looking. There’s lots of models out there.
Blood means nothing to a woman. It is everyday life for them.
“that was disappointing, whats the big deal”
Wow an ABC reporterette asking tough, hard hitting questions to a washed up supermodel.
IMPRESSIVE!, Make me want to tune in tomorrow! /s
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