Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters Supermodel Naomi Campbell has owned up to her shortcomings as a trustee for her charity, Fashion For Relief. The 54 year old icon, who launched the charity in 2005, faced scrutiny after a Charity Commission probe revealed only a fraction of the funds raised actually went to the intended causes. The charity was subsequently dissolved earlier this year.
Her spokesperson told The Guardian that Naomi "acknowledges and accepts her accountability" as trustee. They clarified that although she "may not have been as actively engaged in the charity's day-to-day operations as she should have been", she had "never engaged in any form of financial misconduct". A statement released on Naomi's behalf declared: "For over three decades, [Campbell] has dedicated herself tirelessly to charitable causes, always with the sole intention of helping others and never for personal gain.
Naomi has never received payment for her involvement with Fashion for Relief, nor has she billed any personal expenses to the organisation." The 2021 investigation uncovered that charity money had been spent on cigarettes, spa treatments, room service, and Naomi's stay at a luxury hotel in Cannes. It also found that just 8.
5 per cent of Fashion For Relief's spending from April 2016 to July 2022 was allocated .