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Your client t ells you t hat her exemployer , Naomi Campbell: Oft en used vulgar , dispar aging and demeaning language, including asking her , Ar e all Romanians as st upid as you? F alsely accused her of st ealing a pair of Campbells jeans K icked or punched her in t he back of her head and neck when she was on her knees looking for t he jeans i n a closet Thr ew a cell phone at her as she t r ied t o leave Campbells apar t ment Thr eat ened her wit h physical v iolence if she left t he apar t ment , so she did not leave unt il 2 hour s l at er I ssued a pr ess r elease saying t hat
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Rule 8. Gener al Rules of P leading (a) CL AI M FOR REL I EF. A pleading t hat st at es a claim for r elief must cont ain: (1) a shor t and plain st at ement of t he gr ounds for t he cour t s j ur isdict ion; (2) a shor t and plain st at ement of t he claim showing t hat t he pleader is ent it led t o r elief; and (3) a demand for t he r elief sought , w hich may include r elief in t he alt er nat ive or differ ent t ypes of r elief.
Batter y - I ntentional I nfliction of har mful or offensive bodily contact Assault - I ntentional infliction of appr ehension of immediate b odily har m or offensive contact F alse I mpr isonment (F alse Ar r est) - I ntentional confining of a p er son against her w ill I ntentional I nfliction of Emotional D istr ess - E xtr eme and outr ageous conduct, w hich intent ionally or r eck lessly causes sever e emotional distr ess D efamation - F alse statement that is defamator y (injur es r eputat ion) and unpr ivileged communication (publicat ion) t o 3r d par ty Appr opr iation (Right of Publicity) - U nauthor ized use of p laintiffs name or lik eness (identity) for defendants benefit I ntr usion - U nr easonable and highly offensive inter fer ence w ith the seclusion of another Public disclosur e of pr ivate facts - O ffensive publicity of p r ivate facts F alse L ight - P ublicity that places another in a false light w ith k now ledge or r eck less disr egar d of falsity M alicious Pr osecution - B r inging a cr iminal pr oceeding a gainst another , w ithout pr obable cause, for an impr p oper ur pose, r esulting in a finding of not guilty Wr ongful Civil Pr oceedings - B r inging a civil action against a nother , w ithout pr obable cause, for an impr oper pur pose, r esulting in judgment for the defendant in that suit Abuse of Pr ocess - U se of a legal pr oceeding t o accomplish p ur pose for w hich pr oceeding not designed
Naomi Campbell i s not or ious for her fier y t emper - and h er r esult ing legal pr oblems. H er e's a t r ip down memor y lane. Sept. 1998: Per sonal assist ant Geor gina Galanis accuses Campbell of hit t ing her wit h a t elephone in a T or ont o h ot el dur ing a movie shoot . Campbell lat er pleads guilt y. Under an agr eement wit h pr osecut or s, Campbell expr esses r emor se and i s r eleased wit hout punishment or a cr iminal r ecor d. June 2000: V anessa Fr isbee, anot her per sonal assist ant and secr et ar y, claims Campbell at t acked her . The case is dismissed by a Br it ish cour t . August 2004: H ousekeeper M illicent Bur t on accuses t he super model of slapping, kicking and scr at ching her in Campbell's posh Par k Avenue apar t ment . Sept. 2004: A not her assist ant , Simone Cr aig, char ges Campbell wit h assault and bat t er y in M anhat t an f eder al cour t f or allegedly holding her host age in a L os Angeles h ot el. The case is lat er dr opped. M ar ch 2005: T he diva r epor t edly beat s an assist ant in B r azil w it h her jewel-encr ust ed B lackBer r y , t hough her spokesper son denies it . M ar ch 30, 2006: Campbell is infamously ar r aigned for t hr owing a BlackBer r y at her housekeeper 's head. A na Scolavino r eceives four st it ches and Campbell is ar r aigned on a char ge of second-degr ee assault . June 26, 2006: Gaby Gibson claims Campbell accused her of st ealing a pair of St ella M cCar t ney j eans befor e hit t ing her , calling her names and t hr eat ening t o have her ar r est ed on Jan. 17. July 14, 2006: A not her for mer employee, A manda Br ack of F or t L auder dale, F la., jumps on t he lawsuit bandwagon and sues Campbell for ver bally and physically abusing her on t hr ee cont inent s, impr isonment and inflict ing emot ional dist r ess even t ossing her passpor t int o a hot el pool dur ing a t r ip t o M or occo. M ar ch 23, 2007: Campbell complet es five days of communit y ser vice at t he N ew Yor k Cit y Depar t ment of Sanit at ion f or h it t ing Ana Scolavino wit h t he BlackBer r y. She's also
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