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British Airways Bans Campbell

Supermodel grounded after spitting and harassing airline staff and police

By Elizabeth Wolff,  Newser User

Posted Apr 8, 2008 10:52 AM CDT
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(Newser) – A better punishment might have been a lifetime sentence to coach: Supermodel Naomi Campbell, who was hauled off a British Airways flight last week and arrested for spitting on a Heathrow Airport officer in a row over an overweight suitcase, has been permanently grounded by her favorite airline, the Mirror reports.

British Airways has banned the cantankerous catwalker to "send out a worldwide signal that such behavior is totally unacceptable," a source told the paper. But the international jet-setter, who's out on bail until May, still wants to make up, saying through a rep she's been a "good customer" since she was 7 years old.

Smug Naomi Campbell leaves the Department of Sanitation as if it were her very own catwalk after a week of mopping floors per her court-ordered community service in March 2007.
Smug Naomi Campbell leaves the Department of Sanitation as if it were her very own catwalk after a week of mopping floors per her court-ordered community service in March 2007.   (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
Here in Venezuala, Naomi Campbell will have to find a new way to travel after getting the boot from British Airways
Here in Venezuala, Naomi Campbell will have to find a new way to travel after getting the boot from British Airways   (AP Photo/Sven Creutzmann, Pool)
Model Naomi Campbell, here in January, won't be flying British Airways any time soon.
Model Naomi Campbell, here in January, won't be flying British Airways any time soon.   (AP Photo/Miguel Villagran)
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The spitting incident that led to the ban
Times (UK)

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