Naomi Campbell Blood Diamond

Published on 02/07/10

Prosecutors can subpoena supermodel Naomi Campbell to testify about a "blood diamond" she allegedly received from the disgraced former president of Liberia, a court in The Hague ruled today.
Actresses Mia Farrow and Carol White can also be summoned to the war crimes trial of Charles Taylor, the judges ruled.
Taylor, once one of the most powerful leaders in Africa, allegedly gave Campbell a spectacular uncut diamond at a dinner hosted by Nelson Mandela in 1997.
Prosecutors charged that Taylor used "blood diamonds" to finance a civil war in neighboring Sierra Leone during 1992-2001. They asked the court in the Netherlands to reopen the case because they just learned about the gift diamond last June.


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