Naomi Campbell in trouble again... goes on the run after 'slapping and punching her chauffeur'

Fashionable friends: Naomi has tried to develop a calmer public image of late, seen here with the Prime Minister's wife Sarah Brown at a Haiti earthquake fundraiser in London. The pair are often spotted together at charity events.

Last night, Miss Campbell's spokesman Jeff Raymond insisted the model would cooperate with police, adding: 'There shouldn't be a rush to judgement. There is more to the story than meets the eye.'
New York Police said last night: 'The driver said that a small bruise and swelling under his right eye was caused by her [Miss Campbell]. We now want to talk to her.'
London-born Miss Campbell became one of the world’s top supermodels after she was discovered at the age of 15.
In recent years Campbell has attempted to cultivate a calmer public image, and has often been seen at charity functions with the Prime Minister's wife Sarah Brown.

Naomi was in a black Cadillac Escalade similar to this one when she is said to have hit her 27-year-old driver.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell went on the run from police last night after she was accused of slapping and punching her chauffeur.
The 27-year-old alleged victim claimed the supermodel attacked him while he was driving her around New York.
He said Miss Campbell, 39, was sitting in the back seat of the black Cadillac Escalade when she allegedly flew into a rage and punched him.
When the driver stopped his car in midtown Manhattan to call the police at about 3pm yesterday, Miss Campbell allegedly jumped out and fled on foot.
Police said the chauffeur, who had been hired for the day, suffered bruising to his right eye but did not say what prompted the alleged attack.
New York police yesterday issued a 'harassment report' after consultation with the district attorney's office because no officer witnessed what took place in the black Cadillac Escalade. The report does not carry any penalty.
It has also been claimed Miss Campbell became angry because she suspected the driver, who previously drove her Russian boyfriend Vladimir Doronin, for covering up his indiscretions a year ago when he was Doronin's driver.
The driver spoke to a traffic agent, who alerted police. Campbell was not at the scene when officers arrived, police said.
The driver told police he picked Campbell up at a Manhattan hotel and was taking her to Astoria Studios, a TV and film studio complex in Queens, New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne said.
'There shouldn't be a rush to judgement,' her spokesman Jeff Raymond said. 'Naomi will cooperate voluntarily, and there is more to the story than meets the eye.'
Authorities later said the driver had decided not to pursue the matter, meaning Campbell will most likely not face any charges.

It isn't the first time the London-born model has found herself in trouble with the law over her violent tantrums.
In 2000, she pleaded guilty to assault in Toronto after she attacked an assistant and hit her around the head with a jewel-encrusted mobile phone.

In 2007, she was sentenced in a New York court to a week's community service sweeping floors and scrubbing toilets after pleading guilty to misdemeanor assault. She had hurled her mobile phone at a maid after a pair of her jeans went missing.
And two years ago, she pleaded guilty to kicking and spitting at police at Heathrow after luggage went missing. She was sentenced to 200 hours community service.
She has also been sued by several former employees, who have accused her of violent outbursts.