Prosecutors can call Campbell over ‘blood diamond’

A WAR crimes court ruled yesterday that prosecutors can call supermodel Naomi Campbell to testify over a “blood diamond” she allegedly received from Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor.

Prosecutors can call Campbell over ‘blood diamond’

Actress Mia Farrow can also be called to the stand over claims that Campbell was given a rough diamond by Taylor after a dinner hosted by former South African president Nelson Mandela in September 1997.

“The trial chamber hereby grants the motion” filed by prosecutors in May seeking permission to subpoena Campbell and Farrow, said the decision by the Special Court for Sierra Leone, based in The Hague.

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