Naomi Campbell summoned to Italian court over alleged photographer attack
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British supermodel {NAOMI CAMPBELL] has been ordered to stand trial in Italy over her alleged attack on a photographer in 2009.
Snapper Gaetano di Giovanni claims his face was scratched and bruised after Campbell reportedly slapped him and hit him with her handbag while she was holidaying with her then-boyfriend Vladislav Doronin on the island of Lipari.
Campbell has vehemently denied the allegations and insists di
Giovanni was harassing her, however, prosecutor Francesco Massara
is now taking the case to court and the fashion icon must appear
before judges on 4 December (13), according to the Ansa news
agency.
A spokesman for the model says, "Three years ago Ms. Campbell was
the victim of paparazzi harassment in Italy. The photographer has
claimed to have been attacked by Ms. Campbell, a claim our client
has categorically denied and her team is confident to prove this in
court later this year."
Campbell is notorious for her short temper - she was sentenced to
anger management classes after infamously striking an assistant
with her cell phone in 1998, and again in 2007 after hurling her
mobile at a housekeeper in New York. She also admitted to attacking
police after they were called to remove her from a plane following
an incident over lost baggage at London's Heathrow Airport in
2008.