Campbell Charged With Assault

Supermodel NAOMI CAMPBELL has been charged with assaulting two police officers in relation to an incident on a British Airways (BA) plane in April (08).

The catwalk beauty was arrested at London's Heathrow airport last month (Apr08) following a dispute over her luggage, which was lost in the airport's recent Terminal 5 baggage handling fiasco.

Campbell reported to Heathrow police station on Thursday (29May08), where she faced a total of five charges - including three counts of assaulting a constable, one count of disorderly conduct and one count of using abusive language to the airplane crew. Police confirmed the assault charge was related to her actions toward two officers.

The 38-year-old was bailed to re-appear at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court, west London on 20 June (08).

Campbell's lawyer, Simon Nicholls, says, "Miss Campbell is bitterly disappointed that the prosecutors have advised her she is to be prosecuted for various offences.

"Prosecutors in this case have decided she needs to be prosecuted in the magistrates court. She respects that decision and she hopes this matter is dealt with expeditiously."

It is not the first time Campbell has found herself in trouble with the law over her fiery temper - last year (07) she was sentenced to community service at New York's sanitation department after she was convicted of assaulting her maid with her Blackberry cell phone.