The bit of Naomi Campbell's testimony that's easy to believe

[Zeuhl]

That when she went to Nelson Mandela's dinner party in 1997 she'd never heard of Liberia.

Nice looking lady though.
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[joggerjayne]

Poor Naomi ...

=0(

[craft1948]

I know nothing about Liberia..........except a lot of shipping seems to be registered there.

[Sqad]

I´m surprised that she had heard of Nelson Mandela.

[joggerjayne]

Well, she was sitting almost next to him !

[Zeuhl]

Don't be silly sqad - his column is world famous!
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[Sqad]

Zeuhl..........LOL.......I wish mine was.

[joggerjayne]

In an industry populated by a lot of fickle people, Naomi has been a fiercely loyal friend to people like Kate Moss.

[Zeuhl]

LOL jayne

emphasis on 'fierce' !

[joggerjayne]

Yes, maybe, Zeuhl.

But friends who will stand by you ... "come what may"

... are worth their weight in gold.

Or, in Naomi's case ... diamonds, LOL

[Zeuhl]

Absolutely.

BTW if Naomi is the prosecution's 'star witness' I don't hold out much hope for them pinning this particular Blood Diamonds indiscretion on him.
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[joggerjayne]

I suspect she may turn out to be an air headed, forgetful witness.

If she was the star witness, I think she would be in personal danger.

She has said that she really does not want to be giving evidence here.

Her best bet is to act completely thick.

[Zeuhl]

///Her best bet is to act completely thick. ///

No comment.

:-)

[joggerjayne]

LOL

[birdie1971]

I read her testimony and I think she's telling porkies.

Her story is...

a) Two unknown blokes knock on her hotel room door and give her a pouch. They say it's a gift but they don't say from whom and she doesn't ask;
b) She doesn't look in the pouch. She puts it on her bedside table and goes to bed;
c) In the morning, curiosity gets the better of her and she looks in the pouch and discovers some uncut diamonds;
d) She asks a couple of her friends who they think they've come from and they suggest that they're from Charles Taylor;
e) She doesn't make any further enquires or contact Charles Taylor in any way – she donates them to a children’s charity who later claim that they know nothing about them.


I don't believe that she's being entirely honest here. And that's putting it mildly.

[Hopkirk]

Spot on, Birdie.

[birdie1971]

Just heard on the radio that it appears that she was telling the truth after all with regards to giving the uncut diamonds to a representative of a children's charity. I stand corrected.