The only marginally newsworthy part of Naomi Campbell’s testimony was that she claimed she didn’t know who the diamonds she received were from. This seems to me comically implausible. From The Trial of Charles Taylor blog:
Ms. Campbell said that she did not know the men [who brought her the diamonds], they did not introduce themselves to her, and they did not say who they were.
“I was not sure who they were. When they gave me the pouch, I just put it next to my bed, and I went back to bed,” Ms. Campbell said.
When asked why she did not ask the men who had sent them to deliver the gift, Ms. Campbell said, “I was sleeping, I had travelled for many hours, and I was exhausted.”
This is embarrassing for the prosecution, who jumped through hoops to get the Court to issue a subpoena to compel Campbell to testify. Mia Farrow and Carole White will testify (voluntarily) on Monday, and likely will provide testimony that Campbell knew the diamonds were from Taylor.
For God’s sake, who would want to receive a precious thing such as DIAMOND and wouldn’t want to know its source, especially at night when someone [you do not know] knocks at your door and hand you such gift [DIAMOND]? Lie is the most difficult work for the brain! To me, Naomi lied to the world! She might have had some extra relationship with Charles Taylor. Now, Mia and Carole have said their side of the story. Who’s telling the truth? Is the truth what Taylor’s defence team or the prosecution team wants to hear?