Naomi Campbell: I was given 'dirty' stones
2010-08-05
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands - Naomi Campbell testified before the war crimes tribunal Thursday, confirming that she had received some "dirty-looking stones" after a dinner with former Liberian ruler Charles Taylor but stopping short of saying they were diamonds or that she was given the gift by Taylor himself. Campbell was being questioned in Taylor's war crimes trial about claims made by actress Mia Farrow that Taylor gave the model an uncut diamond or diamonds after a dinner party hosted by...
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Naomi Campbell set to give war crimes testimony
2010-08-05
Supermodel Naomi Campbell is set to face questioning from prosecutors at the war crimes trial of ex-Liberia President Charles Taylor in The Hague. Ms Campbell will be asked about allegations that Mr Taylor gave her "blood diamonds" as a gift in 1997. Prosecutors say her evidence could help link Mr Taylor to the stones, which they say he used to fund the brutal civil war in Sierra Leone. He denies the...
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