Former Liberian President Charles Taylor gave diamonds to Campbell?

Naomi-CampbellIt has been reported that U.S. actress Mia Farrow testified on Monday supermodel Naomi Campbell told her she had received diamonds from former Liberian President Charles Taylor.

The New York Times has reported that testifying at Taylor's war crimes trial in the Netherlands, Farrow said Campbell had told her Taylor had given her a diamond, contradicting Campbell's testimony last week that she received diamonds but didn't know who they came from.

Campbell had said the day after a charity dinner hosted by former South Africa President Nelson Mandela at his presidential palace 13 years ago that Taylor, a diamond trader, had sent her a "huge diamond" and she planned to donate it to the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund, Farrow told the court.

Campbell had testified on Thursday that two men had brought her several rough diamonds after she met Taylor at the dinner but she did not know who they were.

It was further reported that Campbell's former agent, Carole White, also contradicted the supermodel , saying Campbell and Taylor seemed to be flirting during the dinner and that Campbell confided, "He's going to give me some diamonds."

White testified Taylor and his aides discussed how to bring the diamonds from Johannesburg, several hours away.

They hope to prove he lied under oath when he testified he never had any "conflict diamonds" or traded them for weapons to support rebels in Sierra Leone during the country's bloody civil war, said Prosecutors at Taylor's war crimes trial at The Hague, Netherlands.

The Guardian also reported that Farrow has testified she traveled by train in September 1997 with other guests at the charity event, including Mandela, Campbell and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, but couldn't recall other passengers.

It was also noted by the report that Taylor's defense team argued that if Farrow cannot remember some points from 13 years ago, then perhaps her evidence is faulty. (With Inputs from Agencies)