Naomi Campbell

Heathrow’s Terminal 5 has been causing quite a stir since it opened last week, creating a lot of panic and erratic behaviour. It seemed nothing could take the heat away from this debacle.

Enter ‘look at me and I’ll kill you’ supermodel, Naomi Campbell.

Miss Campbell was hand-cuffed and removed from a British Airways flight whilst trying to board, and arrested for allegedly assaulting a police officer who had been called to deal with the disturbance.

Police confirmed that a 37-year-old woman was arrested but was not forthcoming with a name. A spokesman for the airline said: "We can confirm that a passenger was removed by police from a BA flight this afternoon."

Furthermore, police said today: "A 37-year-old was released on bail to return on a date in late May, pending further inquiries."

Ms Campbell was due to catch a flight from Heathrow to Los Angeles at 4pm and reportedly mislaid one of her three items of hand luggage. She apparently demanded that airport staff find the bag and rejected their offer to forward it on. As the situation escalated, staff asked her to leave the aircraft, branding her unfit to fly.

Police were then called to deal with the incident and reports say she was heard screaming "get off me, leave me alone" before allegedly assaulting a police officer. Her flight, BA269, left an hour and a half late. Bags belonging to the model and her entourage were removed from the aircraft.

Just before 10pm last night, Ms Campbell's publicist, Selina Aponte, exited Heathrow police station but told waiting reporters she had not seen her client. "I don't know anything. Naomi was flying to LA, she has family and friends over there and is always going over," she said.

Ms Campbell has been arrested numerous times over the past decade over at least eight claims that she physically and verbally abused her staff. Amongst her rehabilitation attempts, Miss Campbell attended an anger-management course, and was made to mop floors at New York's Sanitation Department as a punishment for throwing a mobile phone at her maid.

She once told an interviewer: "Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue, and that for me is based on insecurity, self-esteem and loneliness." After her community service last year, she wrote: "I find solace in sweeping. I have the time to think."

This incident comes after a relative period of quiet from Ms Campbell, apparently attempting to change her image.

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