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This is an archive article published on July 5, 2010

Campbell got 6 blood diamonds,says ex-aide

A former aide of Naomi Campbell has claimed the supermodel received six blood diamonds from former Libyan president Charles Taylor.

A former aide of Naomi Campbell has claimed the supermodel received six blood diamonds from former Libyan president Charles Taylor.

Carole White,owner of Premier Model Management,who was with Campbell on a trip to South Africa in 1997 said,“It (the diamonds) came up over dinner. I heard it. Charles Taylor was there and Naomi was seated next to him and then there was the Minister of Defence from his country and I was seated next to him,” said White. “I was dealing with everything — how was she going to get them,because Taylor didn’t have them in his possession? I was asked by Taylor and Naomi …to organise letting his people,who were going to bring the diamonds from Johannesburg to Cape Town,into the guest compound where we were staying. The diamonds came that night,” she added.

Campbell has been asked to testify on July 29 in the case against Taylor. The former president is accused of fuelling a civil war in Sierra Leone.

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