Bethany Minelle
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She has given evidence.
She has been cross-examined, prickly at times, in court.
Basically, there are two sides to this.
Her lawyers say that she was a high-profile scalp.
She's the victim of fraud.
She made an honest mistake.
And she made no personal benefit from the charity.
Of course, the watchdog disagrees with that and they say she abdicated her responsibilities and she is highly culpable.
She very much is.
And there's three trustees, including Naomi.
But the lady that she is mainly pointing the finger at is lawyer Bianca Helmich, who you mentioned there.
Now, she actually received a nine-year ban from being a trustee of any charity.
She isn't appealing her ban.
However, she has always denied wrongdoing.
Naomi Campbell says that Bianca used her as a figurehead for the charity.
And she actually accuses her of forging signatures
of impersonating her over email and for handling finances without her knowledge.
It's very much kind of he said, she said here, isn't it?
And it clearly, as the figurehead of the charity, Naomi Campbell's job was to help get publicity and to use her fame
The question is where that line is drawn, where she should have been looking further into the financial runnings and the financial dealings and exactly who was responsible for that regulatory and financial business.