Naomi Campbell's punishment: Mopping floors

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from cnn.com:


NEW YORK (Reuters) -- British beauty Naomi Campbell will swap her catwalk outfits for a broom, gloves and safety vest when she begins mopping floors at New York's Sanitation Department on March 19, a court official confirmed Tuesday.
But Campbell, who was sentenced to community service as punishment for throwing her mobile phone at her housekeeper, will serve her five-day sentence indoors.
Singer Boy George attracted a media throng when he swept streets in a court-ordered punishment in August.
The New York Post reported Tuesday that Campbell had been assigned to mop floors with other community service workers at a Sanitation Department warehouse in Manhattan. A court official confirmed the story but declined further comment.
Campbell, 36, has been accused by at least three employees of hitting or otherwise assaulting them. She has blamed her temper on lingering resentment toward her father for abandoning her as a child.

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[Salvatore]

So ironic, funny, and sad at the same time! Love it!

 

[Velouria]

hilarious!

 

[taperjeangirl]

Ahh bless her, next time she should keep her mobile phone in her bag

 

[tiffany]

Oh my God, they're giving that woman a mop? Imagine the damage Naomi could do with one: she could beat people to death, clean the mess up and no one would ever know

Sorry, I'm in an odd mood today

 

[shoesexy]

Karma.

 

[kanita]

I was so hoping for pictures!

 

[novella]

Poetic justice at its best.

 

[Diamond Star]

Oh my God, they're giving that woman a mop? Imagine the damage Naomi could do with one: she could beat people to death, clean the mess up and no one would ever know

That's actually quite worrying

Well I can't lie, I am looking forward to the photos of her doing this...

 

[SiennaInLondon]

I don't know. I can't stand her but in the day of celebrity exposes, I would be surprised if the people accusing her weren't in it for something other than justice.

 

[VainJane]

It's nice to see celebs actually receive real punishments-- and I think mopping floors with her fellow community service workers is a great alternative to jail time. Though I am glad they're keeping her inside; the madhouse created by Boy George's community service was a little over-the-top.

But I agree with Sienna that some of the other accusations against Naomi seem a little fishy.

 

[SiennaInLondon]

Yes and why are people so gleeful she is being punished when Kate Moss seems to get away with blue murder? Is it a size thing, a race thing...? Because there are a lot of double standards in the way people are reacting. Naomi apparently hit people who seemed to throw themselves into her path. I wouldn't be surprised if they deliberately got jobs with her. Kate Moss was funding an industry that leaves dead policeman, prostitution networks and south american gun culture in its wake. And her actions are always popularising ones even down to the bags she owns. It is such nonsense.

 

[ShesElectric]

SiennaInLondon, apparently you didn't get the memo... Kate Moss is "God"


It's unfortunate really. Her work lately isn't even worthy of her being a supermodel...

 

[VainJane]

Yes and why are people so gleeful she is being punished when Kate Moss seems to get away with blue murder? Is it a size thing, a race thing...? Because there are a lot of double standards in the way people are reacting. Naomi apparently hit people who seemed to throw themselves into her path. I wouldn't be surprised if they deliberately got jobs with her. Kate Moss was funding an industry that leaves dead policeman, prostitution networks and south american gun culture in its wake. And her actions are always popularising ones even down to the bags she owns. It is such nonsense.

Personally I'm gleeful that she'd being punished because a celeb actually having to pay physically for their crime seems unusual in Hollywood. Kate Moss's situation, on the other hand, seems like the norm in Hollywood where celebs go to rehab or pay a dingy fine instead of going to jail or actually doing the community service that they're threatened with. It's not an issue of race (if it was I wouldn't be cheering on Boy George's trash pickup or hoping to God that Paris actually gets sent to jail for driving with a suspended license). Besides, if I recall correctly Kate Moss had her legal issue in the UK while Naomi had hers in the US. Those are two different legal systems handling two different crimes-- maybe if Naomi had hers in the UK she wouldn't be mopping floors (or maybe she would, I don't know the UK legal system).

 

[Gypsy_Doll]

LMAO....I love this girl

 

[VainJane]

I should note though, SiennaInLondon, I do agree with you that in retrospect Kate's crime is worse because of what it is associated with. I'd certainly be the first in line to crack down on cartels,smugglers,sellers, etc.

 

[kissmesweet]

Karma.

 

[The_Ida]

Maybe she buys Fairtrade cocaine.

 

[VainJane]

Naomi Campbell 'Happy' to Mop Floors

One thing Naomi Campbell's not angry about: doing the dirty work.

Set to begin mopping floors for five days at New York's Sanitation Department on March 19 as her court-determined community service for throwing her mobile phone at her housekeeper, the supermodel – who has had previously acknowledged issues with her temper – tells PEOPLE, "I'm happy to do it."

Says Campbell: "I never spoke about what I wouldn't do, and what I would do – I'm just doing what I'm told to do and that's it."

And once it's over, Campbell promises, "I'll get on with my life, and it's over."

Exhibiting a kindler, gentler nature all around, Campbell, 36, also says that after the fall fashion shows in New York she intends to clean out her closets, sell her clothes and then donate the money to charity.

"I have so much storage full of clothes – it's a waste. I could be helping, benefiting – and that's what I want to do," Campbell said as she had her hair done before the Fashion Week Live show in Houston. "I need to clean out – it's also cleansing for me."

The past few weeks, Campbell says she was in Los Angeles hashing out TV-show ideas. Rather than a reality show that would expose her life, the way Newlyweds did for Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey, Campbell would prefer to do something more like American Idol, where she could help change people's lives.

"I don't want to put my life out there for no reason, I want someone to get some sort of job," she says.
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20014642,00.html

 

[VainJane]

Naomi Campbell Wears Stilettos to Community Service

Even on her way to mop floors, Naomi Campbell was runway-ready.

The supermodel, sporting black stilettos, a short fitted coat and a newsboy cap (and with work boots slung over her shoulder), began her five days of community service at a New York City sanitation garage on Monday – her sentence for throwing a cell phone at her maid over a pair of missing jeans.

Campbell, 36, showed up at the Manhattan District 3 Garage at Pier 36 on the Hudson River in a black SUV and was met by a garage official who escorted her through the building's grimy steel doors, the Associated Press reports.

"Miss Campbell arrived on time to work. She came ready to work," Albert Durrell, deputy chief of the Department of Sanitation, told reporters outside the facility.

In addition to her work boots, she'll be wearing protective gloves, a dust mask and a reflective orange vest – all issued by the sanitation department.

The depot is the same place Boy George did his five days of sanitation duty in August after pleading guilty to falsely reporting a burglary at his Manhattan apartment – where responding officers found cocaine.

Unlike George, however, Campbell will be doing her chores behind closed doors, with sanitation police officers stationed at each entrance to protect her privacy, Durrell said.

"We have plenty of work for her to do over the next five days," he added.

In January, Campbell pleaded guilty to hitting maid Ana Scolavino in the head with a phone. She was ordered to pay Scolavino's $363 in medical expenses and attend a two-day anger-management program in addition to the community service.

Earlier this month, Campbell told PEOPLE about her sentence: "I'm happy to do it. I never spoke about what I wouldn't do and what I would do – I'm just doing what I'm told to do and that's it."

And once it's over, Campbell promised, "I'll get on with my life, and it's over."
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20015364,00.html