Naomi Campbell Arrested for Assault

James Joyner @ Gone Hollywood | Thursday, March 30, 2006

Naomi Campbell has been arrested for allegedly assaulting one of her employees, reports TMZ.com.

NYPD sources tell TMZ that the model was arrested at her home and taken to the Midtown North Precinct — As of 12:20 PM EST, Thursday, Campbell was still there. We’re told the alleged assault occurred in the morning.

Update: 1:17PM ET — We’re told the incident occurred at 8:00 AM EST. The alleged victim, a 41-year-old woman, was struck in the head with an object, allegedly thrown by Campbell. The woman had a laceration on the back of her head. She went to Lenox Hill Hospital for stitches.

Reuters has a more detailed account.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell was arrested at her Park Avenue home on Thursday after getting into an argument with a woman, New York City police said. Charges were pending, a police spokeswoman said. Campbell, 35, was being fingerprinted and photographed at a police station and later would be taken to court for arraignment, the spokeswoman said, without giving further details.

Campbell’s agent, Amanda Silverman, said the arrest appeared to be related to the model firing her housekeeper. “We believe this is a case of retaliation, because Naomi had fired her housekeeper earlier this morning. We are confident the courts will see it the same way,” Silverman said in a statement.

It was not the first time the British-born Campbell has had troubles with the law — in February 2000 she pleaded guilty in a Canadian court to assaulting her former assistant, and was given an absolute discharge, meaning her record was cleared.

After that incident, in which she assaulted her assistant Georgina Galanis with a telephone, she blamed her fiery temper on lingering resentment towards her father for abandoning her as a child.

Campbell has also admitted to drug use in the past. In 2004 she won a British court battle with a tabloid newspaper that was found to have invaded her privacy by running a story saying, correctly, that she had visited Narcotics Anonymous.

Sure, she’s violent. But let’s remember the important thing: She’s good looking.

Click the thumbnails for larger photos. The fourth one is probably not safe for work, since she’s showing her ass. The first photo, which shows off her boobs, is fine because her nipples are covered.

Naomi Campbell Arrested for Assault

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