Supermodel Naomi Campbell is facing charges of assaulting two police
officers during an alleged luggage rage incident April 3 at Heathrow Airport,
her lawyer and prosecutors said Thursday.
Campbell, 38, was charged when she reported to Heathrow police station to
answer bail over the row, lawyer Simon Nicholls said.
The Crown Prosecution Service said Campbell faced six charges—three counts of
assaulting a constable, two counts of using threatening, abusive words or
behavior to the cabin crew and one count of disorderly conduct. Police said the
assault charges related to two officers.
Campbell, who has a history of assaulting assistants and employees, was
ordered to appear at a west London magistrates’court June 20.
Witnesses said Campbell was aboard a British Airways plane due to take off
for Los Angeles when she became involved in a dispute over her luggage. Tens of
thousands of bags had been separated from their owners at Heathrow's Terminal 5
after its chaotic opening in late March.
Campbell was removed from the plane and held for eight hours at the airport
police station before being released on bail.
She arrived at the police station Thursday in a chauffeur-driven Mercedes.
She left without speaking, but her lawyer said the supermodel was "bitterly
disappointed" that she had been charged.
The assault charges carry a maximum sentence of six months in prison and/or a
fine of up to 10,000 U.S. dollars. The other charges are punishable by a fine.
