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Naomi Campbell 'wanted over slap' | Naomi Campbell 'wanted over slap' |
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Police in New York want to question Naomi Campbell after her driver accused the supermodel of slapping and punching him as he drove her through the city. | Police in New York want to question Naomi Campbell after her driver accused the supermodel of slapping and punching him as he drove her through the city. |
After the alleged incident, the driver pulled over and Ms Campbell left the scene before police arrived. | After the alleged incident, the driver pulled over and Ms Campbell left the scene before police arrived. |
A spokesman for Ms Campbell said "there shouldn't be a rush to judgement" and said she would co-operate voluntarily. | A spokesman for Ms Campbell said "there shouldn't be a rush to judgement" and said she would co-operate voluntarily. |
The 39-year-old model has been sentenced to community service over previous incidents of assault. | |
"There is more to the story than meets the eye," spokesman Jeff Raymond said. | "There is more to the story than meets the eye," spokesman Jeff Raymond said. |
Outbursts | |
Ms Campbell's driver told police that he pulled his black Cadillac Escalade over to the side of the road in central Manhattan after she struck hit him from behind, propelling his head forward on to the steering wheel. | |
The 27-year-old driver told police that he had picked up the model from a Manhattan hotel and was taking her to the Astoria Studios in the borough of Queens. | |
Police said they were still waiting to speak to Ms Campbell. | |
In 2000, Ms Campbell pleaded guilty in Toronto to assaulting an assistant who said that the model hit her on the head with her mobile phone. | In 2000, Ms Campbell pleaded guilty in Toronto to assaulting an assistant who said that the model hit her on the head with her mobile phone. |
She served a five-day community service order in New York in 2007 after admitting reckless assault, having thrown a mobile phone at her housekeeper. | |
In 2008, she was sentenced to 200 hours' community service in the UK after she pleaded guilty to assaulting two police officers on board a plane at London's Heathrow airport. | |
Several of her former aides and maids have also sued her, accusing her of violent outbursts. | Several of her former aides and maids have also sued her, accusing her of violent outbursts. |