Naomi Campbell admits failures at her Fashion for Relief charity but denies misconduct after ban from trustee role after spending scandal By Emily Jane Davies Published: 01:27, 5 October 2024 | Updated: 01:39, 5 October 2024 e-mail View comments Supermodel Naomi Campbell has admitted to failures at her Fashion for Relief charity - but denied misconduct. The 54-year-old was banned last month from being a charity trustee for five years after an inquiry found she used funds raised for good causes for spa treatments and cigarettes instead. She founded Fashion For Relief in 2005, aiming to raise funds for humanitarian causes by staging runway shows, but the charity was removed from Britain's list of charities this year.
An inquiry published into the organisation by the Charity Commission found multiple instances of misconduct and mismanagement, and the commission said it was banning Campbell plus two others from trusteeship as a result. Campbell has now said she failed in her duties as a trustee and 'may not have been as actively engaged in the charity's day-to-day operations as she should have been'. But she maintained she had not engaged in any financial misconduct or misused the charity during its tumultuous nine years.
The Mail On Sunday revealed that official accounts showed that it spent more than £1.6million on a glittering gala in Cannes, but gave just £5,000 to good causes over a 15-month period. Supermodel Naomi Campbell has admitted to failures at her Fashion for Reli.
