BREAKING NEWS Naomi Campbell breaks cover after being banned from charity trustee role over cash splurge scandal: Model joins glitzy awards show in Paris after probe into 'financial mismanagement' at her Fashion For Relief group By Matt Strudwick Published: 14:50 EDT, 26 September 2024 | Updated: 15:36 EDT, 26 September 2024 e-mail 21 View comments Naomi Campbell broke cover tonight for the first time since the model was banned from her charity trustee role. Campbell, 54, broke down in tears in Paris as she was awarded with the medal of 'Chevalier de l'Ordres des Arts et des Lettres' - the most prestigious cultural award in France. It comes after details emerged that her 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 .
Speaking ahead of receiving the honour, she said she was 'extremely concerned' about the Charity Commission's findings but said: 'I was not in control of my charity.' The details of the charity's spending have been revealed by the Charity Commission after Campbell 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.