Naomi Campbell's 5-Year Ban on Serving as a Charity Trustee in England and Wales Is Overturned
A tribunal said the supermodel was deceived by co-trustee Bianka Hellmich, and found only 8.5% of Fashion for Relief spending went to grants.
- On Thursday, supermodel Naomi Campbell won a legal challenge overturning her five-year ban from serving as a charity trustee in England and Wales after a First-Tier Tribunal ruling.
- The Charity Commission disqualified Campbell in 2024 after finding "serious misconduct and mismanagement" at Fashion For Relief, the philanthropic organization she founded.
- Fellow trustee Bianka Hellmich "used forged documents" to conceal unauthorized payments, leading judges to rule Campbell had been "deceived" by her co-trustee.
- Judges found Campbell "was not responsible for the inappropriate use" of resources, though she shared responsibility for failing to file accounts on time but remains fit to serve.
- During a four-day June hearing, Campbell testified her "only mistake" was trusting Hellmich, whom she alleged forged her signature, while the Charity Commission opposed overturning the ban.
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Investigations had revealed serious mismanagement at Campbell's charity "Fashion For Relief" in 2024.
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Naomi Campbell’s 5-year ban on serving as a charity trustee in England and Wales is overturned
Supermodel Naomi Campbell has won a legal challenge to overturn a five-year ban on being a charity trustee in England and Wales. A three-person tribunal ruled Thursday that the Campbell had been “deceived” by Bianka Hellmich, a fellow trustee in the poverty charity “Fashion for Relief.” Two years ago, the Charity Commission, which registers and regulates charities in England and Wales, found “multiple instances of misconduct and/or mismanagement…
Supermodel Naomi Campbell won on Thursday the five-year ban on running a charity in the UK, a London court establishing that the improper use of the funds of the organization she had founded had been hidden from her, reports Reuters. Campbell, one of the most famous figures in the fashion world, ...
Naomi Campbell Wins Appeal Against Charity Trustee Ban Over Fashion for Relief Mismanagement Claims
LONDON: Supermodel Naomi Campbell on Thursday won her appeal against a five-year ban from being a charity trustee, with a London tribunal ruling that the misuse of funds at the charity she founded had been concealed from her.Campbell, one of fashion's most recognisable faces, founded Fashion For Relief in 2005, aiming to raise funds for humanitarian causes by staging runway shows.But it was removed from the Charity Commission's register in 202…
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