Naomi Campbell appears at a London court to give evidence against her charity trustee ban
Campbell says she was deceived by a fake email and forged communications as she challenges a five-year ban from being a charity trustee.
- On Tuesday, British supermodel Naomi Campbell arrived at a London tribunal to appeal her five-year charity trustee ban, telling the court, "I'm here because I have been deceived."
- The Charity Commission disqualified the 56-year-old in 2024 after finding serious mismanagement of funds at Fashion For Relief, including luxury hotel stays and spa treatments paid from charity money.
- Campbell argues her "only mistake" was trusting Bianka Hellmich, who she alleges forged her signature and falsely claimed legal credentials to manage the charity's financial functions.
- During cross-examination by Faisel Sadiq, Judge Joe Neville intervened to rebuke the Charity Commission representative for being "unnecessarily challenging" while questioning Campbell about her due diligence.
- Allegations of fraud and forgery involving Hellmich have been referred to police, while co-trustee Veronica Chou remains disqualified for four years following the watchdog's investigation.
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The Charity Commission of the United Kingdom disqualified the model to act as trustee of an NGO after learning that the money raised by Fashion For Relief was not intended for charitable purposes, but to pay for its whims
"My only mistake was to trust the wrong person." With those words, Naomi Campbell defended on Tuesday before the High Court in London her performance at the head of Fashion for Relief, the charity she founded in 2005 and whose management ended up costing her a five-year disqualification to act as an administrator of solidarity entities. The 56-year-old supermodel attempts to have the justice annul the sanction imposed by the British Charity Comm…
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Naomi Campbell tells tribunal she was 'deceived' as she appeals charity trustee ban
Naomi Campbell has appeared in a London court, seeking to overturn a ban on her being a charity trustee in England and Wales. The U.K.'s charity regulator disqualified Campbell in 2024 for five years, citing financial mismanagement of her charity…
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