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Naomi Campbell: No Apology for Airline

In a new interview with the U.K.'s Sky News, Naomi Campbell expresses regret over assaulting two police officers at Heathrow Airport in April. The supermodel remains unapologetic, however, to the airline that she claims lost her bags. According to the Associated Press, Campbell accuses British Airways of racism.

Discussing the incident in which she was arrested and escorted off a flight, she tells Sky News: "I was called a racial name on that flight," adding that her aggressiveness toward the police "was part of my reaction." She doesn't disclose who allegedly called her the name, but the AP reports that in the interview, Campbell specifies that the individual was not a passenger.

British Airways responded in a statement that it "does not accept any allegations of racism. … We have strict policies concerning dignity at work and have long-standing training programs on diversity and inclusion."

On Friday, Campbell pled guilty to four charges stemming from her assault of the police officers. She was sentenced to 200 hours community service and ordered to pay $400 to each of the policemen, as well as $300 to the captain of the flight she disrupted and a $4,600 fine.

Published 6/21/08 by the Insider

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  • she's not sorry - she just said that to get a less severe punishment!!
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    Andrea772510 1453 Andrea772510 6/21/08   Message Add to Friends Reply
     
  • Tyra wins and emmy and Naomi is getting blasted all over the tabloids. I think Tyra won in the end. Go Tyra.!
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  • naomi campbell is completely out of control!
    LucyPinder123 57 LucyPinder123 6/22/08   Message Add to Friends Reply
     
  • oooh ooh what kind of community service will she have to do???
    hyperon2 85 hyperon2 6/22/08   Message Add to Friends Reply
     
  • IT IS INTERESTING THAT BRITISH AIRWAYS HAVE OFFERED A GENERIC TRAINING POLICY STATEMENT AND NOT A SPECIFIC ONE. GIVEN THE SERIOUSNESS OF WHAT IS BEING ALLEGED AND THE FACT THAT THEY WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY EMPLOY LAWYERS ON A RETAINER BASIS WHY ARE THEY NOT THREATENING TO SUE HER? WHO KNOWS WHO SAID WHAT TO WHOM, ONLY THE PARTIES INVOLVED KNOW THAT. HOWEVER IT IS MY GENERAL EXPERIENCE THAT DIVERSITY TRAINING IS RARELY RE-VISITED BY ORGANIZATION ONCE THEY DELIVER IT AND SELDOM REVIEWED IN RESPECT OF DELIEVERING REFRESHER TRAINING. THE QUESTION TO ASK BRITISH AIRWAYS IS WHETHER THEY MAINTAIN AND PUBLISH DATA UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE UK RACE RELATIONS ACT, TO MONITOR TO PROGRESS OF ITS BLACK AND ETHNIC MINORITY STAFF AND HOW REGULARLY IS THIS DONE? NAOMI IS NO ANGEL , BUT I SUSPECT, IF SHE WERE (JOSEPHINE PUBLIC) THEY MAY HAVE BEEN MORE KEEN TO DEFEND THEMSELVES MORE VIGOROUSLY THROUGH THE COURTS. SHE HAS A BAD REPUTATION AND THAT IS SURELY A PLUS IN THEIR FAVOR? HOWEVER, IN REALITY IF A SLANDER ACTION WERE PURSUED, YOU CAN BET LONDON TO A BRICK, THE QUESTIONS I HAVE POSED WOULD BE RAISED IN COURT. AS FOR THE FORMER COMMENT THAT TYRA WINS, I WAS NOT AWARE NAOMI AND TYRA WERE IN COMPETITION. HOWEVER GIVEN THE NUMBER OF PAGES NAOMI HAS BEEN FEATURED ON IN THIS SPECIAL ITALIAN VOGUE EDITION,TO THAT OF HER ALLEGED RIVAL MS BANKS, I WOULD SAY SISTERS ROCKING BLACK WIGS AS OPPOSED TO RIDICULOUS BLOND ONES, HAVE IT HANDS DOWN!
    anonymous anonymous 6/22/08 Reply
     
  • Racism?? Why is it that these people always use this excuse?
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