VIDEO: Did Naomi Lie? Mia Farrow Disputes Supermodel's Testimony In 'Blood Diamond' Trial
Aug. 9 2010, Published 8:30 a.m. ET
Actress Mia Farrow, testifying in the war crimes trial of ex-Liberian ruler Charles Taylor in the Netherlands Monday, said that supermodel Naomi Campbell excitedly told her she'd been given "a huge diamond" by Taylor following a South African dinner party in September 1997, contradicting Campbell's testimony she'd been given "a few ... small dirty-looking stones" from an unknown sender.
As Breaking Celebrity News.com has previously reported, Campbell, 40, testified last week that following the dinner party hosted by Nelson Mandela, she'd been woken up in the middle of the night and given a pouch containing the stones by two men, who remained silent throughout the exchange. Campbell claimed that she didn’t know who sent her the stones.
On Monday, Farrow, 65, told the court a different version of the events, claiming that while she was eating breakfast with her children the next morning, Campbell bragged to her about the lavish gift -- and knew exactly where it came from.
"She said that in the night she had been awakened, some men were knocking at the door, and they had been sent by Charles Taylor," Farrow said. "And they had given her a huge diamond."