Though she has mellowed in recent years, Naomi Campbell once had a bad girl rep. In 2000, she admitted to assaulting her assistant, Georgina Galanis, two years earlier, per BBC. The presiding judge spared Campbell jail time, citing her lack of a criminal record and the fact that the supermodel expressed remorse over her actions. But then seven years later she pleaded guilty to assault after throwing her phone at her housekeeper, though she insisted it was an accident. She was sentenced to community service.
The following year, she was again sentenced to community service — and fined thousands of dollars — for kicking and spitting at British Airways staff after her suitcase was lost. Subsequently, she was banned from flying with the airline. The model claimed that the incident was spurred by an alleged racial slur uttered by airline staff. “I was called a racial name on that flight and that was part of my reaction,” she told Sky News (via Today). “… I don’t think that’s really fair, do you?” (British Airways released a statement denying the allegations).
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In an interview with Oprah, she expressed remorse for her past behavior. She also suggested her anger problem may have been rooted in the feelings she experienced after her mom left her to pursue a career as a ballerina. “It comes from another type of emotional disorder because it’s not just, ‘I don’t get what I want. I throw,'” she explained, dismissing accusations that she’s a diva. “It comes from, I think, an abandonment issue.”
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