The New York Post summed it up: "Milan, it ain't." In two weeks supermodel Naomi Campbell will begin her community service as punishment for lashing out at her former maid.
The first details to emerge about the program devised for the model suggest she is in for quite an education.
According to the Post she will start her new job on March 19, working Monday to Friday in a Lower East Side warehouse belonging to New York City Council. This is the kind of environment where the only accessories available are a mop and bucket, where the footwear is Doc Martens and where instead of DKNY there are signs for DSNY -- New York's Department of Sanitation.
A porter at the warehouse told the Post Campbell would be expected to sweep, scrub and tidy up.
"This is not a desk job. She'll be mopping floors," the porter said.
The 36-year-old, from south London, struck a plea bargain with New York prosecutors in January having admitted to throwing a mobile phone at her maid, Ana Scolavino, though she claimed it was an accident.
The housekeeper needed four stitches in her head.
Under the deal Campbell must complete a week's community service and attend a weekend anger management course, as well as pay Scolavino US$363 to cover medical costs.
The authorities have agreed with Campbell's request to work indoors, her lawyers having asked that she be allowed to avoid the paparazzi.
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