Supermodel Naomi Campbell Handed A Six Month Suspended Jail Sentence For Assaulting Photographer In Sicily!

Supermodel Naomi Campbell has received a six-month suspended sentence from a Sicilian court following an incident in 2009 when she scratched the eye of a photographer while hitting him with her handbag when he attempted to take pictures of her and her former Russian billionaire boyfriend, Vladimir Doronin as they walked through the Sicilian island of Lipar in 2009.

 

Russian billionaire Vladimir Doronin, moored their yacht off the Sicilian island of Lipari after sailing from millionaire's playground St Tropez, msn reports. 

 

Photographer Gaetano Di Giovanni said Naomi noticed he was taking photos of her and Vladimir and attacked him with her handbag. She scratched one of his eyes and he needed medical treatment following the incident and took three days to recover, he testified in court.

Naomi was convicted of assault by a Sicilian court yesterday Friday July 31st and received a six months suspended prison sentence

 

According to Italian news agency Ansa, however, despite this prosecutor Francesco Massara ordered that the trial take place in the interest of the public and given the seriousness of the charges. Campbell intends to appeal the court ruling.