New York: Supermodel Naomi Campbell was free on bail today after being charged with hitting one of her staff with a mobile phone.
New York media took delight in revealing details of an alleged argument over some missing jeans involving what one tabloid called the "cantankerous catwalker" after she was freed on bail last night.
The 35-year-old British model was charged in a Manhattan court with second degree assault ordered to return to court on June 27.
Campbell was arrested at her Park Avenue apartment in New York on Thursday after police were called to Lenox Hill Hospital, where 41-year-old Ana Scolavino was being treated for a gash to her head.
"She had lacerations to the back of her head," a police spokesman said, adding that the woman claimed Campbell had hit her with her telephone.
The New York Post said the two argued about a missing pair of 200-dollar Chip and Pepper jeans. The tabloid quoted Scolavino as alleging that Campbell attacked her after shouting: "You're going to have to pay for those". "Do I look like I'd fit in her jeans?" added the woman, who the newspaper described as "plump" and "short". Campbell released a statement giving her version of events, media reported. The supermodel said she had questioned the housekeeper about missing items and fired her "for that, and her erratic behavior". Campbell called the allegation that she attacked the maid "completely untrue".
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