Royalty
04-15-2006, 12:10 AM
Model Naomi Campbell has unexpectedly pulled out of Cooking Showdown, a celebrity-driven reality show that is being produced by Sean "Diddy" Combs.
Cooking Showdown features celebrities alongside well-known chefs who teach the stars how to prepare a three-course meal. The week-long competition includes Ja Rule, Tom Arnold and Gabrielle Reese, among others.
Reports suggested that Campbell suddenly reneged on the show because of a feud with Combs.
The short-fused model made headlines on March 30, when she was charged with second-degree assault for allegedly striking her housekeeper in the head with a phone during an argument in her New York apartment.
While preparing for an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show, the 35-year-old supermodel accused her housekeeper of stealing her clothes.
After being treated and receiving four stitches, the housekeeper told police officers that Campbell threw a cell phone and hit her on the head.
In 2005, reports surfaced that Campbell assaulted an assistant with a Blackberry device while traveling in Rio de Janeiro. Campbell was also sued in 2003 by a former assistant that claimed she threw a cell phone at her during a heated argument.
Campbell pleaded guilty to assaulting another assistant in Toronto in 1998 but the model denied the latest accusations in a statement issued last week.
"From the time she began working for me about two-and-a-half months ago, I began questioning her about items I found missing," Campbell said. "This morning, when I finally fired her for that and her erratic behavior, she screamed, 'This is going to cost you a lot of money.' After some more yelling and screaming on her part, she left the house. The next thing I knew, I got a call from the police. I have no idea how she was injured. She is sadly mistaken if she thinks she can extract money from me by concocting lies by recycling old stories. I have asked my lawyer to look into filing both theft and extortion charges against her."
Campbell will appear before a grand jury on June 27.
Cooking Showdown features celebrities alongside well-known chefs who teach the stars how to prepare a three-course meal. The week-long competition includes Ja Rule, Tom Arnold and Gabrielle Reese, among others.
Reports suggested that Campbell suddenly reneged on the show because of a feud with Combs.
The short-fused model made headlines on March 30, when she was charged with second-degree assault for allegedly striking her housekeeper in the head with a phone during an argument in her New York apartment.
While preparing for an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show, the 35-year-old supermodel accused her housekeeper of stealing her clothes.
After being treated and receiving four stitches, the housekeeper told police officers that Campbell threw a cell phone and hit her on the head.
In 2005, reports surfaced that Campbell assaulted an assistant with a Blackberry device while traveling in Rio de Janeiro. Campbell was also sued in 2003 by a former assistant that claimed she threw a cell phone at her during a heated argument.
Campbell pleaded guilty to assaulting another assistant in Toronto in 1998 but the model denied the latest accusations in a statement issued last week.
"From the time she began working for me about two-and-a-half months ago, I began questioning her about items I found missing," Campbell said. "This morning, when I finally fired her for that and her erratic behavior, she screamed, 'This is going to cost you a lot of money.' After some more yelling and screaming on her part, she left the house. The next thing I knew, I got a call from the police. I have no idea how she was injured. She is sadly mistaken if she thinks she can extract money from me by concocting lies by recycling old stories. I have asked my lawyer to look into filing both theft and extortion charges against her."
Campbell will appear before a grand jury on June 27.