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*Cher, John Legend, Mia Farrow and Wyclef Jean are among a growing number of celebrities calling for police to arrest George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch captain in Florida accused of fatally shooting unarmed black teen Trayvon Martin. The 17-year-old was shot to death in a gated community on Feb. 26 after Zimmerman alerted cops to [...]
*After the home improvement store chain Lowe’s caved in to pressure from conservative evangelical groups and pulled its advertising from TLC’s reality show “All-American Muslim,” rap mogul Russell Simmons has offered to purchase the remaining advertising spots during an upcoming episode of the show. “Just purchased remaining spots for ["All American Muslim"] for next week,” [...]
*Supermodel Naomi Campbell says she stands by her testimony at the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, even though it’s been directly contradicted by two different witnesses. Campbell testified last week at the Special Court for Sierra Leone at The Hague, Netherlands, regarding a pouch of diamonds she received in 1997. Prosecutors, [...]
*Naomi Campbell’s former agent Carole White fended off defense accusations Tuesday that she lied to the war crimes court to further her own lawsuit against the supermodel, insisting Campbell was well aware that she was receiving diamonds from Charles Taylor. Taylor, the former Liberian president, faces 11 counts of war crimes linked to allegations he [...]
*Mia Farrow testified Monday that Naomi Campbell told her she had been given a “huge diamond” by former Liberian President Charles Taylor, directly contradicting Campbell’s evidence last week at Taylor’s war crimes trial. The prosecution called the American actress Farrow and Carole White, Campbell’s former agent, to testify about a gift of uncut diamonds that [...]
*Naomi Campbell finally took the stand Thursday, telling a war crimes tribunal in the Netherlands that she received some “dirty-looking stones” after a dinner with former Liberian ruler CharlesTaylor, but stopping short of saying they were diamonds or that she was given the gift by Taylor himself. [View court testimony below.] Campbell was being questioned [...]
*Lawyers for former Liberian President Charles Taylor are seeking to postpone testimony this week by supermodel Naomi Campbell in his war crimes trial, according to a motion released Monday. Campbell has been subpoenaed to appear in court Thursday after months of dodging prosecution attempts to interview her about whether she received a rough diamond from [...]
*Judges in the war crimes trial of Liberian president Charles Taylor have allowed prosecutors to summon supermodel Naomi Campbell to testify whether he gave her a raw diamond as a gift. The order did not say when Campbell, along with and actresses Mia Farrow and Carol White, will be called, reports the AP. Taylor is [...]
*Prosecutors hoping to nail former Liberian president Charles Taylor for war crimes at a U.N.-backed court have asked judges to subpoena supermodel Naomi Campbell as a witness, reports the Associated Press. In a motion filed Thursday, prosecutors say they want Campbell to testify about uncut diamonds Taylor allegedly gave to her in South Africa in [...]
*Claims that supermodel Naomi Campbell was given a “blood diamond” by the deposed African dictator Charles Taylor have taken center stage at Taylor’s trial for crimes against humanity and led to another one of Campbell’s infamous outbursts of anger — this time caught on tape. “I didn’t receive a diamond and I’m not going to [...]
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