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Naomi Campbell appeared in court yesterday accused of assaulting a former housekeeper with her mobile phone. The model, who could face up to seven years in prison if found guilty, did not speak during the brief pre-trial hearing in New York.
Lawyers for supermodel Naomi Campbell are discussing a possible plea deal with the Manhattan district attorney’s office, a prosecutor told a court today. “There has been no grand jury action at this time. We are talking about a disposition,” assistant District Attorney Shanda Strain, the assistant district attorney told Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Evelyn Laporte.

Campbell, 36, faces a charge of second degree assault after a former maid, Ana Scolavino, accused her of hurling a jewel-encrusted Blackberry emailing device at her head, leaving a 7cm (3in) gash. Ms Campbell is said to have become enraged when she was unable to find a pair of jeans she wanted to wear for an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show.
Shortly after her arrest in March Ms Campbell described the allegation as “completely untrue”. This week another former assistant, Gaby Gibson, filed a lawsuit in New York’s supreme court, claiming her employer smacked her on the head with a mobile phone - also in an altercation over missing denim.

The model already has a reputation for a short fuse. She pleaded guilty in 2000 to assaulting an assistant with a phone and grabbing her by the throat while shooting a film in Canada. Campbell has attended anger-management classes and once appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show to discuss her temper, which she blamed on being abandoned by her father before she was born.