Naomi Campbell Explodes After ABC News 'Blood Diamond' Questions

Model Naomi Campbell and her Russian billionaire boyfriend, Vladislav Doronin

Blood diamonds: Former Liberian president Charles Taylor (file photo), and a Lebanese diamond trader shows some of his wares

Allegations that fashion model Naomi Campbell was given a "blood diamond" by the deposed African despot Charles Taylor have become center stage at Taylor's trial for crimes against humanity and led to another one of Campbell's infamous outbursts of anger.

"I didn't receive a diamond and I'm not going to speak about that," Campbell told ABC News before walking out of an interview and punching the camera in a producer's hand when pressed on the details.





The Campbell interview will be included in reports on the case to be broadcast this evening on World News with Diane Sawyer and Nightline.

Prosecutors in the Hague for the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone say Campbell has refused their requests to be interviewed about the allegations that they say could help directly link Taylor, the former president of Liberia, to the possession of uncut diamonds used to fuel a campaign of terror in Sierra Leone between 1997 and 2001.

Campbell would not answer questions about her alleged refusal to cooperate with the international criminal tribunal. Her London-based lawyer also declined to comment.