Naomi Campbell claims she did not know of financial misconduct at charity

Campbell is seeking to overturn a five-year ban imposed last May that prevents her from running a charity. Photograph: Andrew Kelly/Reuters

The supermodel Naomi Campbell has claimed she knew nothing of the extensive financial misconduct and mismanagement at the anti-poverty fashion charity she created and sat on the board of for more than five years.

Campbell was disqualified from running a charity in May 2024, before the publication of a devastating watchdog report that revealed a trail of administrative chaos, misuse of charity funds, and chaotic record-keeping.