The colleague of Naomi Campbell’s charity trustee “carried out a fraud against her” – Irvine Times

Last year, it was revealed that the 54-year-old was disqualified by the charity trustee for five years after the guardian-who regulates charity organizations in England and Wales-Member a serious bad management of Fashion for Refeef funds, which she founded.

This included the use of charity funds to pay for its stay at a five -star hotel in Cannes, France, as well as spa treatments, room service and cigarette.

Campbell was one of the three charity trustees who were disqualified as a result of the probe, with Bianca Helmich disqualified for nine years and Veronica heard in four years.

The model began appeal against its ban, claiming to be a “victim of fraud and forgery” – including a fake email account that was said to have been used to present it in communications with lawyers.

Her case came to a tribunal on Friday, in which the lawyers and the committee applied for the disclosure of documents differently.

In written arguments for Campbell, lawyer Andrew Westwood KK said: “D -Ja Campbell says that (disqualification) order was made wrong because it was not able to adequately or to deal with problems that arose with fashion management at all For relief and /or present the correct and accurate position during the process that led to the production of the order.

“This was the result of fraud by, at least her associate, Mrs. Biana Helmich.”

G -N Westwood added: “Of the more current documents that are now provided by the Commission, there is significant additional evidence of a motive on the part of, at least, d -hellmich for the agreed fraud of d -Ja Campbell, both in relation to The investigation of the committee that it led to the production of the Order and in the broader the management of the charity.

“In particular, it seems that the documents show that during the period in which the charity operated (2016-2021), Mrs. Hellmich was paid over £ 500,000 from the charity funds.”

He told the court on Friday: “The case of D -Ja Campbell is that because of the fraud that is practiced on it … She was disqualified without being able to respond to the reasons for disqualification and without seeing the documents to which The committee is relied upon to take this action. “

He claims that this is “radically unfair” and has applied for the opening of the whole file to investigate the commission, but this was rejected – as the judge ordered the Commission to disclose a smaller sum of only the relevant documents.

Facel Sadik, about the charity committee, said in a written argument that Campbell “positively claims to be a victim of fraud and forgery.”

“An important feature of the applicant’s grounds is that she generally does not dispute that there was a violation/mismanagement in the charity administration, but instead claims that she was not aware of the violation/poor manage From a fellow trustee, d-Ja Bianka Hellmich, ”he said.

“In fact, the complainant came to the point that it was alleged that her signature on a document had been forged.”

Sadik told the tribunal on Friday that Campbell’s position “is not to criticize the committee” but to say that it was a fraud and that her case was brief: “I didn’t know anything about it, I was a figure.”

He successfully applied for Campbell to reveal communications between himself and her fellow trustees.

The court did not listen to either Hellmich nor d -Ja Chou had launched complaints against their disqualifications.

In a statement on Wednesday, Campbell said: “I am grateful to the tribunal for allowing me to appeal the findings of the charity committee after looking at the evidence I presented. From the committee’s report, I was struggling to reveal the facts. What has been revealed so far is shocking.

“I want to shine light on how easy it is to fake identities online and prevent someone else from experiencing what I have experienced.

“I want to guarantee that the responsible are responsible and justice is done.”

She said it was “just the beginning” and reiterated that it was “never undertaken a philanthropic job for personal gain, nor will I do it.”

A spokesman for the charity committee said: “The committee notes the initial decision of the tribunal and the judge’s comment that the case will require G -Ja Campbell to prove many serious allegations of misconduct against a fellow trustee.

“These are significant allegations of consideration of the courts, and we will continue to cooperate entirely with the tribunal as it does.”