SUPERMODEL CAMPBELL QUESTIONED FOR ASSAULT

Last updated: Wednesday, August 3, 2005

SUPERMODEL CAMPBELL QUESTIONED FOR ASSAULT

THE supermodel Naomi Campbell is under investigation by police in Italy after allegedly flying into a rage with a fellow model over what she was wearing.

Ms Campbell, who has a reputation for a fiery temper, is accused of punching the model and actress Yvonne Scio after a row at their hotel, leaving her with a split lip. Police in Rome, where the alleged assault took place at the luxury five-star Hotel Eden, close to the city's famous Via Veneto, confirmed an investigation had been opened. Ms Scio, 36, who has made several films in both Italy and the United States, needed treatment for cuts to her face and lip at the San Giacomo Hospital. Yesterday a police spokesman, Domenico Condello, said: "I can confirm that an allegation of assault against Naomi Campbell has been made by Yvonne Scio. "She came to the police station and she had cuts to her lip and had been treated in hospital. She said that Naomi had insulted her and attacked her after an argument over some clothes she was wearing. "We have taken a full statement from Ms Scio and we will be checking her claims with Naomi Campbell." Ms Scio's lawyer, Annamaria Bernardini De Pace, also confirmed she had been asked to look into the possibility of a civil action against Ms Campbell. Ms De Pace said: "We fully intend to take this matter to court. "They have been friends for years - they had even been out shopping before this happened," Ms De Pace said. "Yvonne is in bed in a lot of pain. Her face is in a terrible way. Her lip was split and she lost a lot of blood. "She is an actress so she will not be able to work for a while so we will also be looking for loss of earnings. "I have not seen her personally because she is at home in bed but I have seen the medical report. After it happened, Naomi's assistant took her away and Yvonne went straight to the hospital." A statement from Ms Campbell's agent said: "Supermodel Naomi Campbell has been mistakenly dragged into a potential drama in Rome after an actress and long time acquaintance Yvonne Scio made claims of a dispute between the two. "Naomi made it clear that there had been a disagreement between the two in which she told Ms Scio she was very disappointed with her behaviour and that she should go.

Source: scotsman

| Wednesday, August 3, 2005

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