Naomi & Blood Diamonds 2

Naomi Campbell’s counter offensive on blood diamonds There is no way anyone could destroy Naomi’s confidence. After her testimony on The Hague ICC on the blood diamonds she appears to have been given by accused of crimes against humanity former president of Liberia Charles Taylor, she was spotted cruising the Mediterranean and in various galas and events. The world-known super model doesn’t seem very worried about the recent disclosure against her, while she denies lying to the court concerning the precious stones. The model maintains that she received as a present some small diamonds in the rough of unknown provenance, which she later donated to charity. Actress Mia Farrow and former agent Carol White have nevertheless testified that Naomi knew very well the identity of the precious stones sender. In another statement by the model, she declared that she had nothing to win by lying in court. She ended her statements by saying that she was “a black woman that has always and always will support good intentions”. Mia Farrow discredits Naomi in The Hague (source: Kathimerini, 10/08/2010) The Hague. Naomi Campbell has received a “huge diamond” from the former dictator of Liberia, Charles Taylor, and has made no effort to hide her enthusiasm about it, has stated the famous actress Mia Farrow, on the 9th of August 2010, while appearing before the Court for Sierra Leone, thus ironically discrediting the super model. Farrow specifically declared that Campbell herself has described to her the diamond’s delivery by Charles Taylor’s men: “She told me she woke up in the middle of the night: Some people were knocking on her door. Charles Taylor had sent them to give me a huge diamond.” …” she was, from what I recall, quite excited”, added the actress, commenting on what the super model had told her the next day of the event. The discussion took place at a philanthropic gala organized by the South African president Nelson Mandela. However, on last Tuesday the British beauty testified in court that she had no idea who had brought her the diamonds on that day -after the South African philanthropic gala-, while she described the diamonds as “small stones looking dirty”. Campbell, as the actress testified, knew the provenance of the “huge diamond”, which she, as she told Farrow, was going to offer to the Nelson Mandela Fund for Children. Commenting on the ambience of the conversation, Farrow described it as an” unforgettable moment”. The counsel for the defense has questioned the memory as well as the impartiality of Ms. Farrow, calling on her active role in the campaign for the victims of war in Africa. “Mia Farrow is either lying for her own reasons either mistaken”, the counsel declared. Charles Taylor is in trial for crimes against humanity, since he faces eleven accusations of murder, rape, sexual slavery and taking advantage of children during the wars of Liberia and Sierra Leone, in which over 250.000 people were killed. According to the bill of indictment, Taylor, who claims innocent, was instigating the rebels of the Revolutionary United Front. RUF, in order to control the sources of wealth of the country, such as the diamond mines, while obtaining immeasurable wealth by selling the “blood diamonds”. Naomi’s ex agent rats on supemodel Former president of Liberia Charles Taylor has offered the “blood diamonds” to Naomi Campbell during a dinner in South Africa in 1997, according to the ex agent of the famous model, Carol White. During her testimony in front of the International Court who judges the war crimes accusations against Taylor, Carol White stated that during that dinner, Taylor himself had promised to give the diamonds to Naomi. The statements of the model’s former associate contradict Campbell’s own statements that took place last week in court. The model testified that she received some “dirty little stones”, which she was given by some unknown men after dinner. “We were sitting in the living room around 10 in the evening, waiting for Taylor’s men to bring us the diamonds. He contacted them through his phone, possibly by sms. Somebody informed her that their car was close to the house”, White said. Earlier that day, actress Mia Farrow testified as well, saying that Naomi Campbell knew that the “blood diamonds” offered to her as gifts after a philanthropic gathering in South Africa were coming from former dictator Charles Taylor.