Tag Archives: Diamonds

Court date: The most attractive Special Court witness ever

5th
Aug. × ’10
By Johnny

With all due respect to Zigzag Marzah, Issa Sesay and former President Taylor, I humbly submit an opinion: Naomi Campbell is the most attractive witness to appear before the Special Court for Sierra Leone. To quote Rachel Zoe, “Literally.”

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Elaborating on: Charles Taylor, Naomi Campbell, Mia Farrow and that diamond

20th
Dec. × ’09
By Johnny

Pursuing this intriguing strand of the Charles Taylor story I discussed earlier.  An interesting bit emerged at former president Taylor’s trial two weeks ago: apparently Charles Taylor provided a diamond to supermodel Naomi Campbell–at least, according to an affidavit provide to the prosecution by Mia Farrow. So how did this come about? The only occasion [...]

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Broken News: ‘Spewing bullets at soldiers is bad…’

1st
Sep. × ’09
By Johnny

Spent some time reading a recent order in the strange case of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui. A federal judge declared her competent to stand trial. Dr. Siddiqui, briefly, is a Pakistani citizen and graduate of MIT (biology) and Brandeis (neuroscience) who has been indicted in the Southern District of New York on charges of attempting to [...]

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