{"id":85588,"date":"2024-10-05T21:56:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T21:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/naomi-campbell-admits-failures-at-charity-denies-misconduct\/"},"modified":"2024-10-05T21:56:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T21:56:00","slug":"naomi-campbell-admits-failures-at-charity-denies-misconduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/naomi-campbell-admits-failures-at-charity-denies-misconduct\/","title":{"rendered":"Naomi Campbell admits failures at charity, denies misconduct"},"content":{"rendered":"
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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.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Campbell, however, insisted she had not engaged in any financial misconduct or misused the charity for personal gain during its operation, the reports said.<\/p>\n

Fashion for Relief did not immediately respond to a Reuters\u2019 request for comment and Campbell could not be reached late on Friday in London.<\/p>\n

She \u201cmay not have been as actively engaged in the charity\u2019s day-to-day operations as she should have been\u201d, Campbell\u2019s spokesperson\u00a0told The Guardian adding that she had \u2018never engaged in any form of financial misconduct\u2019.<\/p>\n

Last month, she was\u00a0banned\u00a0from being a charity trustee for five years after an inquiry found that funds raised for good causes were used for spa treatments and cigarettes.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNaomi has never received payment for her involvement with Fashion for Relief, nor has she billed any personal expenses to the organisation,\u201d The Guardian reported citing a statement issued on behalf of Campbell on Friday.<\/p>\n

She founded Fashion For Relief in 2005, aiming to raise funds for humanitarian causes by staging runway shows, but the charity was removed from Britain\u2019s list of charities this year.<\/p>\n

An inquiry published into the organisation by the Charity Commission found multiple instances of misconduct and mismanagement, and the commission said it was banning Campbell plus two others from trusteeship as a result.<\/p>\n

Between 2016-2022, the regulator found that only 8.5% of Fashion for Relief\u2019s expenditure was directed towards charitable grants. Unauthorised payments of 290,000 pounds ($388,000) were made to one of the trustees, while money was also spent on room service, spa treatments and cigarettes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n