Naomi Campbell is unhappy with her cell service
An annoyed judge threatened Naomi Campbell with arrest on Wednesday after she failed to show up in Manhattan Criminal Court to face charges of assaulting her housekeeper:
“She is absolutely obligated to appear at the next court date or the law will go into effect. A bench warrant will be issued,” Judge James Gibbons told the supermodel’s defense team, Reuters reports. Campbell, 36, faces charges of second-degree assault for allegedly throwing a cell phone at her housekeeper, Ana Scolavino, in March.
In March, a rep for the supermodel characterized the housekeeper’s charges as retaliation for being fired. At the time, Campbell told reporters, “It wouldn’t be the first time I’ve been extorted.” The London-born model was sued in 2003 by a former assistant who alleged that the Campbell had thrown a phone at her during a tantrum in a Beverly Hills hotel in 2001. In another incident, in February 2000, Campbell pleaded guilty in Toronto to beating an assistant with a telephone.
Naomi’s got this whole housekeeper intimidation thing all wrong. They key is to really focus on the psychological abuse. As my pastor always tells me, first you break them down, then you build them back up. They’ll be cleaning your shoes and cooking you dinner in no time. The thing with cell phones is that they leave marks and bruises. The detectives usually won’t believe your side of the story if your housekeeper has a ’send’ button imprinted into her forehead.
I hope she misses and goes to jail and gets beaten and eaten