United States: Supermodel Naomi Campbell was arrested at her Park Avenue home on Thursday and charged with assaulting her housekeeper with a mobile phone, New York City police said.
Campbell (35), who was later released, could face up to seven years in prison after she was charged with second-degree assault for throwing a mobile phone at housekeeper Ana Scolavino. Police said it struck her on the back of the head and opened a cut that needed four staples.
Campbell's lawyer, David Breitbart, said the maid's injury was self-inflicted. He added that Ms Scolavino had been working for Campbell for two to three months and was being fired because several items were missing from the house. "When this happened this morning, all hell broke loose," he said.
Campbell was ordered to return to court on June 27th."The police have been really nice," she told reporters.
In February 2000 Campbell pleaded guilty in a Canadian court to assaulting her former assistant, with a telephone.