Thursday October 26, 07:43 AM


LONDON (Reuters) - Supermodel Naomi Campbell was released on bail on Thursday after being arrested in London on suspicion of assault, police said.

"The 36-year-old woman ... has been bailed to return to a London police station on a later date in October," a police spokeswoman said.

The spokeswoman declined to name Campbell because no charges had been filed, but the comments were in response to media reports the model had been arrested and freed on bail.

Wednesday's arrest occurred after a woman went to police alleging she had been attacked at a residence in London, a police spokesman said earlier.

"Officers attended the address. A women aged 36 was arrested ... for an alleged assault and taken to a central London police station," he said.

Campbell's spokesman said the model had done nothing wrong.

"We believe there has been a misunderstanding," he told the Sun newspaper. "Once police have investigated we are sure this will be resolved."

London-born Campbell is no stranger to controversy. She has blamed her hot temper on lingering resentment towards her father for abandoning her as a child.

Spotted on the streets of London's Covent Garden tourist area when she was 15, Campbell was the first black model to appear on covers of the French and British editions of Vogue magazine.

She has acted in several films and launched her own cosmetics range.


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