Naomi Campbell has again been accused of less-than-model behavior.
Already facing court cases stemming from accusations that she assaulted two of her housekeepers, the supermodel was sued last week in New York by a third employee who says the British-born beauty attacked her.
In a one-page summons filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Campbell's former assistant Amanda Brack said she was subjected to a series of "verbal, physical and emotional attacks" by the model shortly after she was hired by her in February of 2005.
Brack, who was 19 at the time, is seeking unspecified damages for "assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, reckless infliction of emotional distress and false imprisonment," the suit says.
"On at least four occasions, Campbell assaulted and abused my client," Brack's lawyer, Gerald McCarthy, said, describing a series of tantrums by the supermodel.
Brack is the latest in a string of former employees who have accused Campbell of abuse.
In one instance, McCarthy said, Campbell struck Brack in the face with her Blackberry, slammed her against a wall and slapped her repeatedly across the face because a piece of her luggage got left behind during a trip to Brazil.
He said Campbell threw a cell phone at Brack's face during a subsequent outburst at the model's New York apartment.
During an April 2005 photo shoot in Morocco, McCarthy said, Campbell exploded in rage at Brack over a forgotten article of clothing. He said that Campbell left her assistant stranded in Morocco without funds, tore up her passport and threw it into the swimming pool and left her to pay the hotel bill.
In a final incident at Campbell's Park Avenue home, she ripped a sweater Brack was wearing "off her neck" and accused the assistant of stealing the garment, McCarthy said.
Campbell's lawyer did not return calls seeking comment.
At least Campbell hasn't been accused of not paying her assistants.
Michael Jackson has. A jury considering dueling lawsuits by the disgraced singer and a one-time adviser rendered split verdicts on Friday -- awarding the pop star US$200,000 and his former associate US$900,000.
The Los Angeles Superior Court jury deliberated for nearly two days on the breach-of-contract lawsuit by former gay porn producer Marc Schaffel and Jackson's counter-suit before returning the verdicts.
Schaffel, who worked with Jackson on an abandoned charity single and two TV specials, sued the 47-year-old entertainer for failing to pay him.
Jackson's counter-suit called Schaffel a "swindler" who misappropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars of the singer's money.
Prosecutors named Schaffel an "unindicted co-conspirator" in Jackson's sex abuse case and accused him of helping the entertainer intimidate his young accuser and the boy's family.
After a sensational four-month trial, a jury exonerated Jackson on all charges in June 2005. Since the trial he has mostly lived in Bahrain.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the pond, England footballer Ashley Cole put aside any World Cup disappointment when he married his pop singer fiancee Cheryl Tweedy on Saturday.
In the best traditions of celebrity weddings, the location was kept secret. Several newspapers reported the pair were to tie the knot amidst the neo-Gothic splendor of Highclere Castle in Berkshire, where glamour model Jordan and singer Peter Andre married last year.
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