Supermodel Naomi Campbell, who pled guilty to assault in an "air rage" incident, said racist comments by British Airways crew were the impetus of her attack."I was called a racial name on that flight," Campbell told Sky News. "I was called a golliwog supermodel, I don't think that's really fair do you? Would you like it if someone turned round and called you a golliwog supermodel?"
She declined to state who made the alleged slur, but did say it was a British Airways worker, not another passenger.
Campbell said that she did not address the alleged comments in court or in her statement because, "...at the end of the day the real problem was, I took my upset and my, the end of my wrath came out on the police, which was wrong."
British Airways released a statement denying the accusation.
"British Airways does not accept any allegations of racism. We are proud of our diversity," the statement said. "We have strict policies concerning dignity at work and have long-standing training programs on diversity and inclusion."
Campbell was convicted Friday and sentenced to 200 hours of unpaid community service for assaulting two police officers (who were attempting to escort her off the airplane) and a public order offense. She was also ordered to pay compensations to one of the police officers and the captain of the plane, as well as a fine.
It will not be Campbell's first time performing community service for her temper. Just last year she spent five days in New York doing janitorial-type work as part of a sentence for throwing her cell phone at a housekeeper over an argument about a pair of jeans.
She also pled guilty to assault in 2000, in yet another incident involving a telephone.
