The decision comes from the British authority in charge of charities.
British supermodel Naomi Campbell will no longer be able to run a charity for the next five years. The decision comes from the British charity authority, which revealed “ excessive spending » and poor management of the work’s funds « Fashion for Relief », created by Naomi Campbell herself.
The British star directed “ Fashion for Relief » since 2005 in order to raise money through the fashion industry to finance, among other things, health care and education for the most disadvantaged. The organization notably provided grants to other charitable works. “ Fashion for Relief » had been dissolved at the beginning of the year.
The Charity Commission, the British authority in charge of charities, published the results of an investigation into Naomi Campbell’s organization on Thursday. The commission concluded that the association was “ poorly managed » and that its financial management was “ inadequate “.
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According to the survey carried out in 2021, only 8.5% of total spending on “ Fashion for Relief » between April 2016 and July 2022 were actually donations. The British authority thus noted a series of “ excessive spending », such as a three-night stay by Naomi Campbell in a five-star hotel in Cannes (for a sum of 9,400 euros) or a flight from London to Nice in 2018 to transport art objects and jewelry (around 14,800 euros) .
Payments totaling 290,000 pounds sterling (nearly 348,000 euros) were also made to the NGO’s co-director, Bianka Hellmich, for consultancy services, in violation of the NGO’s own regulations. Fashion for Relief “.
If Naomi Campbell was banned from running a charity for five years, Bianka Hellmich was banned for nine years. A third former director of the organization, Veronica Chou, was suspended for four years.
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