The 54-year-old has been banned from being a charity trustee for five years after an inquiry found that funds were used for spa treatments and cigarettes.
Supermodel Naomi Campbell acknowledged shortcomings in her role as a trustee of the Fashion for Relief charity, which she founded, media reports said on Friday .
Campbell, however, insisted she had not engaged in any financial misconduct or misused the charity for personal gain during its operation, the reports said.Fashion for Relief did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment and Campbell, 54, could not be contacted late on Friday in London.
The model “acknowledges and accepts her accountability” as a Fashion for Relief trustee, Campbell’s spokesperson toldCampbell “may not have been as actively engaged in the charity’s day-to-day operations as she should have been”, the spokesperson toldLast month, Campbell was banned from being a charity trustee for five years after an inquiry found that funds raised for good causes were used for spa treatments and cigarettes.
The regulator found that between 2016 and 2022, only 8.5 per cent of Fashion for Relief’s expenditure was directed towards charitable grants. Unauthorised payments of £290,000 were made to one of the trustees, while money was also spent on room service, spa treatments and cigarettes.
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