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Supermodel Naomi Campbell has been held at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of assaulting a police officer. | Supermodel Naomi Campbell has been held at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of assaulting a police officer. |
A police spokesman said: "At 1711 police were called after a disturbance at Heathrow Airport Terminal 5. | A police spokesman said: "At 1711 police were called after a disturbance at Heathrow Airport Terminal 5. |
"A 37-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer and is currently in detention at Heathrow police station," he added. | "A 37-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer and is currently in detention at Heathrow police station," he added. |
A BAA spokeswoman at Heathrow Airport said "Police today boarded a British Airways plane and removed a passenger." | |
Naomi Campbell was sentenced to do community work in New York last year after being convicted of assault. | |
She was made to mop floors and clean toilets for five days, as a punishment for throwing a mobile phone at her maid. | |
Past allegations | |
There have been several other allegations of assault against Ms Campbell over the years, most of them involving her staff. | |
In 2000 she pleaded guilty to attacking her personal assistant, Georgina Galanis, with a phone. She agreed to attend anger management classes. | |
The same year another personal assistant, Vanessa Frisbee, also claimed she had been attacked. Naomi Campbell denied it. | |
In 2003 another personal assistant, Simone Craig, sued Ms Campbell, accusing her of holding her hostage and throwing a phone at her. This was also denied. | |
In 2004 police in New York received a complaint from her housekeeper, Millicent Burton, that she had been punched and scratched during an argument. No further action was taken. | |
Then in 2006, in London, she was arrested after being accused of attacking a drugs counsellor. Once again, no further action was taken. | |
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