Even a casual follower of celebrity gossip must be well aware that celebrities are great ones for breaking rules. Usually the rules are of the mundane variety like drinking and driving , drug possession, or occasionally sexing up an unwilling recipient. Sometimes a celebrity rises well above the set expectation of scandal. Someone like Naomi Campbell.For those not in the know Naomi is a British supermodel best known for repeated assault charges and occasional rehab stints. Ms Campbell has recently risen well above her scandal expectation. The Brit beauty is currently participating in a war crimes tribunal.
It all goes back some years when Ms Campbell was the guest of a notorious African Dictator. The dictator in question is accused of using 'blood diamonds' to fund guerrilla activity. The guerilla activity has been linked to some things that have caught the eye of the international community. NOw the dictator in question has alway denied not only involvement in the alleged war crimes, but also trading in blood diamonds.
This is where Ms Campbell comes in. A few years back when she was a guest of said dictator, along with such international luminaries as Nelson Mandela., she received a unique gift. According to Ms Campbell she was awakened in the middle of the night by a messenger who presented her with a blood diamond.
Now Ms Campbell claims that she didn't know who it came from. In fact she didn't even know that the diamond was a diamond. She claimed she received something that like like a dirty little pebble. The was no word on who the diamond was from or what it was for. Nomi must be in the habit of getting strange gifts from anonymous admirers!
Anyway Naomi took the stand in an international war crimes trial to swear to just that. IN breif her testimony boils down to "I got something from some one I didn't know and I wasn't sure what it was." Since Naomi is a model and they're not normally Mensa material that was believable enough (especially to a group of people who were hoping that Naomi would go away and that we wouldn't have to hear anymore about her). However there has recently been some contradictory evidence.
Actress Mia Farrow - best known for getting dumped by long time companion Woody Allen in favour of one of her numerous foster children - has taken the stand to swear that Campbell is full of it. Farrow claims under oath and threat of perjury, that Campbell met her at breakfast and showed off the muddy little trinket. Further more when the model was asked where she got it from, she indicated the dictator. If this is true then Campbell knew exactly what she was getting and who she was getting it from.
So if Mia's sworn testimony can be believed then Campbell committed perjury. So that a load of legal woe a good site more than she's used to. Since it's a war crimes trial it's a good dsite more trouble than 30 days in rehab can get you out of. However Campbell's testimony is crucial. If it can be determined that Campbell got the blood diamond from her dictator friend, then it undermines his testimony that he doesn't deal in the forbidden stones. Furthermore it links him to the activities of the guerrillas that he has disavowed any knowledge of. So Naomi is the weak but crucial link in a chain of evidence. That could make her perjury extra complicated. So is Naomi war criminal by association? This story is still developing - check back soon
