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Naomi Campbell sentenced to community service over plane rage
Jun 20, 2008, 15:53 GMT
London - British supermodel Naomi Campbell was Friday sentenced to 200 hours community service after she admitted to kicking and spitting at police officers during a rage incident over lost luggage on a British Airways (BA) plane.
The 38-year-old top model screamed foul-mouthed abuse at the captain and accused police officers of targeting her because she was black, the court heard.
She has been banned from flying on BA since the incident on a flight bound for Los Angeles on April 3, when one of her bags went missing in the chaos surrounding the opening of Terminal 5 at London's Heathrow airport.
The model, who could have been given a six-month jail term, pleaded guilty to all six charges at proceedings at Uxbridge Magistrates Court Friday.
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You let me kick a cop and see how many years I spend in the slammer, raise my voice to a crew member, and a world of Federal offenses would rain down on me. This nut case really believes she is something important; has anyone pointed out to her that she is 38 years OLD, a dinosaur in the modeling world! Sure she is still attractive (for an old broad), but the world does not revolve around her spoiled backside. She needs to do some real time as the rest of us would. It will not change her; she still thinks she is above the little people of the world. It seems cleaning stinking toilets didn't teach her a thing, maybe six months in the tank with fat lesbian cell mates would calm her temper. I am sure even an over the hill fashion model would still be a prized toy for the girls in the female ward!
Stop cutting her slack, she is out of control, punish her antics; and take away her cell phone before she beats someone to death with it!
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A McdonaldJun 20th, 2008 - 17:07:54
Who does Ms. Campbell think she is and how many times will she be released with a slap on the wrist? She has attacked aides with fists and thrown phones at other subordinates. She has been fined several times for this type of battery, yet no judge will give her the maximum penalties for repeated offenses. Ms. Campbell has the nerve to say that she would not 'be treated like this if she were white'. On the contrary, she has been coddled and allowed to get minimum punishment because she is some type of 'celebrity'. Infamous is more like it.
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