Warcrimes Court Delays Naomi Campbell's Testimony

The Hague (News Today) - A war crimes court Monday delayed by a week to August 5 supermodel Naomi Campbell’s testimony about a “blood diamond” she allegedly received from former Liberian president Charles Taylor in 1997.

The fashion model was initially due to have testified on Thursday after the Special Court for Sierra Leone issued a subpoena for her to appear at the prosecution’s request, but her lawyers had asked for a delay, the court said in The Hague on Monday.

“The judges of SCSL trial chamber II have this morning approved Ms Naomi Campbell’s request to postpone her scheduled testimony in the trial of Charles Taylor to Thursday August 5, 2010, at 09:00 (0700 GMT),” a court statement said.

Taylor has been on trial since 2008 for his alleged role in the civil war in Sierra Leone, accused of arming rebels in return for illegally mined diamonds. Campbell will have to testify about claims by her former agent Carole White and actress Mia Farrow that she was given a diamond by Taylor after a celebrity dinner hosted by then South African president Nelson Mandela in September 1997.

Source : kompas

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