Liberia's Charles Taylor: Naomi Campbell was 'excited' to meet me
Charles Taylor, the former Liberian leader, told his country's senate that Naomi Campbell was "excited" to meet him and had promised to visit his country, it has emerged.
Mr Taylor, who is currently on trial in The Hague for war crimes, was so impressed by the "most delightful" evening spent in the company of the supermodel at a dinner held by Nelson Mandela, that he is thought to have framed the picture of them standing together and hung it prominently at his home in Monrovia.
In it, a smiling Miss Campbell is standing next to the former Liberian president, who is holding out one hand towards the camera and grinning.
He is alleged to have had two men deliver a pouch of three small diamonds to Miss Campbell's room later that night. The prosecution in his trial allege that Mr Taylor provided rebel fighters in Sierra Leone's civil war with arms in return for "blood diamonds"....
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Mr Taylor, who is currently on trial in The Hague for war crimes, was so impressed by the "most delightful" evening spent in the company of the supermodel at a dinner held by Nelson Mandela, that he is thought to have framed the picture of them standing together and hung it prominently at his home in Monrovia.
In it, a smiling Miss Campbell is standing next to the former Liberian president, who is holding out one hand towards the camera and grinning.
He is alleged to have had two men deliver a pouch of three small diamonds to Miss Campbell's room later that night. The prosecution in his trial allege that Mr Taylor provided rebel fighters in Sierra Leone's civil war with arms in return for "blood diamonds"....