How Naomi Campbell's Fashion Relief splurged charity funds: From £12k flight to Nice for just art and jewellery, to £7,800 on model's luxury hotel stay where she spent £6k on cigarettes, spa treatments and room service By Matt Strudwick and Aidan Radnedge Published: 13:24 EDT, 26 September 2024 | Updated: 13:32 EDT, 26 September 2024 e-mail 61 View comments Naomi Campbell 's Fashion Relief organisation splurged £12,000 on a flight to Nice to transfer art and jewellery, as well as splashing out £7,800 on a luxury hotel stay for the model. The details of the charity's spending have been revealed by the Charity Commission after Campbell, 54, was today disqualified from being a trustee for five years. An inquiry found that between April 2016 and July 2022, just 8.
5 per cent of the charity's overall spending was on charitable grants. It also said it found some fundraising expenditure to be misconduct or mismanagement by the charity's trustees. This included a £12,300 flight from London to Nice in 2018 for transferring art and jewellery.
It also looked into the decision to spend £7,800 of charity funds on a three-night stay at a five-star hotel in Cannes, France , for Campbell.While there she spent £6,000 on spa treatments, room service, and cigarettes. The commission said today that as a result of its investigation, more than £344,000 had been recovered and used to make donations to two other charities and settle Fashion For Relief's outstanding liabilities.
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