Naomi Campbell claims she was ‘deceived’ as she arrives in court to appeal charity ban
Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Supermodel Naomi Campbell told a tribunal on Tuesday that “I’m here because I have been deceived”, in her evidence at an appeal hearing to overturn a charity ban against her. She also asked for questions to be “respectful” during the opening exchanges at the central London tribunal, as she bid to get the ban overturned. The 56-year-old was disqualified from being a charity trustee for five years in 2024 after the Charity Commission – which regulates charities in England and Wales – found serious mismanagement of funds at the charity she founded, Fashion For Relief. This included using charity funds to pay for her stay at a five-star hotel in Cannes, France, as well as spa treatments, cigarettes and room service. Campbell was one of three of the charity’s trustees to be disqualified as a result of the investigation. Bianka Hellmich …
