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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Patrick Butler Social policy editor

Naomi Campbell called unfit to run a charity in her appeal against ban

Naomi Campbell arriving at a central London tribunal
Naomi Campbell arrives at a tribunal in London for a hearing in an appeal against her charity commission ban on Tuesday 16 June. Photograph: Stanley Murphy-Johns/PA

Naomi Campbell showed herself to be unfit to run a charity after the supermodel “completely abdicated” her responsibilities as a trustee of her now defunct Fashion for Relief project, according to the charity watchdog.

The Charity Commission told a tribunal that Campbell, who is trying to overturn a five-year ban on running a charity, was “highly culpable” for mismanagement and misuse of funds at Fashion for Relief, the former charity she founded in 2015.

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