Naomi Campbell Pleads Guilty
Naomi Campbell Pleads Guilty
She’s a dream on the fashion show runway but a nightmare when it comes to her temper. And earlier today (Friday June 20th) Naomi Campbell pled guilty to assaulting two police officers in London’s Heathrow Airport.
The charges she copped to, stemming from an incident this past April, were two counts of assaulting a police constable, one count of using threatening, abusive words or behavior to cabin crew, and one count of using insulting, abusive, threatening behavior or disorderly conduct likely to cause harassment, alarm, or distress.
Crown Prosecution Service director Nazir Afzal said in his statement, “Ms. Campbell was aggressive, hostile and violent to people who were simply trying to do their jobs. Her behavior fell far short of what is acceptable.”
And talk about swift justice, Campbell may discover her fate by day’s end. A source told press, “The magistrate has asked for a report from the probation service prior to sentencing. It is expected that she will be sentenced this afternoon.”
Naomi could face six months jail and a $10,000 fine for each assault charge.
Uma Thurman’s Psycho Stalker
Uma Thurman’s Psycho Stalker
While fame can afford you the finer things in life, it can also bring about some nasty side effects. In Uma Thurman’s case, her beauty and charm is admired by many… but one man admired her a little too much.
That man’s name is Jack Jordan. He’s been stalking her for over two years now, and was finally arrested a week ago.
He was indicted yesterday on counts of attempted coercion, aggravated harassment, and stalking. Jordan is currently in custody and being held on $10,000 bail.
In 2005, Jordan attempted to gain entry to the “Prime” actress’ trailer while she was filming in SoHo. He has also reportedly sent her letters and disturbing drawings, one of which depicted him walking on the edge of a razorblade, while Thurman dug a grave.
His letters were of the, “I feel afraid that if I see you out again with another man, I will want to kill myself, maybe even after we meet,” variety. Additionally, Jordan showed up at Uma’s house repeatedly, always being turned away, sometimes with force.
When his family learned of the behavior, Jordan was taken to a psychiatric hospital for treatment, and later released. It looks like they didn’t quite get the job done, though.
Uma Thurman To Face Creepy Stalker
Uma Thurman To Face Creepy Stalker
While fame definitely has its upside, the downside of stardom can be equally as bad. And it looks like Uma Thurman will have to face her stalker in court, as he just refused a plea deal.
Thurman’s lawyers proposed a plea deal with Jack Jordan, who is facing charges of harassment and felony coercion, to allow him to enter a mental health program in order to avoid having to take the case to court.
But Johnson reportedly refused, saying he wanted to see the “Kill Bill” actress “close up.” His lawyer, George Vomvolakis, told press, “My client has expressed a serious desire to go to trial.”
So what’s next? It looks like the harassment/coercion case will go to trial, with Johnson facing up to the maximum sentence if he’s found guilty. And after his creepy reasoning for turning down the plea deal, it’s safe to say he’ll be found guilty.
Uma’s Alleged Stalker a "Clumsy" Courtier
Uma Thurman's overzealous (to say the least) fan isn't a stalkerhe's an opportunist. At least, to hear him tell it.
Jackson William Leslie Jordan, the man accused of stalking and aggravated harassment of the actress, took the stand in a Manhattan courtroom this morning, insisting that, despite garnering the exact opposite response, his romantic (or, as Thurman describes it, "creepy") overtures to the Kill Bill star were not meant "to scare her in any way."
"In a misguided way I was trying to give her an opportunity to meet me and give myself an opportunity to meet her," testified the former mental patient, who made repeat and unwanted visits to her home and movie sets and sent unsolicited emails and letters to Thurman and her family.
Jordan attempted to clarify one such expression of his love this morning: a card he personally delivered to Thurman's movie trailer that featured a drawing of an open grave, a headstone and a man standing on a razor blade, and the statement, "My hands should be on your body at all times."
Cupid's arrow was slightly off target, though. Thurman testified Thursday that the card was "like a nightmare" and left her "completely freaked out."
"This cartoon was meant to amuse her, to endear me to her," Jordan, 37, testified. "I felt like I was walking the razor's edge. I felt like it reflected this relationship that I unfortunately imagined we had.
"It's an ironic, kind of twisted sense of humor."
As was, he confessed, his threat to Thurman's family that he would kill himself if he didn't manage to meet the actress.
"It was a clumsy and poor way of expressing my emotions for her."
No kidding.
"I wasn't feeling suicidal, but I was expressing a depth of feeling that was very disturbing," he said.
Again, no kidding.
If convicted of the charges, Jordan, who, his attorney acknowledged, suffered from schizophrenia and is bipolar, faces up to a year behind bars.