Charles Taylor lawyers oppose request to call Naomi Campbell as witness at war crime trial
By APMonday, May 31, 2010
Charles Taylor lawyers oppose Campbell testimony
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Defense lawyers for former Liberian President Charles Taylor are opposing a request by prosecutors at his war crimes trial to call supermodel Naomi Campbell as a witness, branding the move “a publicity stunt.”
Prosecutors earlier this month filed a motion seeking to have Campbell subpoenaed to testify about claims Taylor gave her so-called blood diamonds in South Africa in 1997.
Lawyers defending Taylor against charges of arming and supporting murderous rebels during Sierra Leone’s civil war filed a response to the motion Monday saying prosecutors should not be allowed to reopen their case to call Campbell and two other witnesses, including actress Mia Farrow, to testify.
