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Naomi Campbell has been charged with three counts of assaulting a police officer over an alleged air rage incident at Heathrow back in April 2008. Each of the police assault allegations carries a maximum sentence of six months imprisonment.

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Photographer: Pat Yuen

Model: Tarah B

MUA: Lauren Warner

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The Daily Telegraph is reporting that Australia’s Classification Board has cleared Russh magazine for printing this topless photos of 16 year old model Zippora Seven.

Technically, the magazine was not cleared but the Classification Board ruled that Russh magazine was not subject to their ruling since Russh magazine is not considered a submittable publication. According to their web site, a submittable publication is one that is likely to be restricted to adults because it:

• contains depictions or descriptions likely to cause offence to a reasonable adult, or
• is unsuitable for a minor to see or read, or
• is likely to be refused classification.

Russh magazine is targeted to women readers between 18-39. After deliberating, Classification Board director Donald McDonald said: “The board has now considered the matter andis of the view that this publication is not a submittable publication and therefore does not need to be classified.”

The Houston Chronicle is reporting that Nick Adams, a former photographer for The Galveston County Daily News has been acquitted of a misdemeanor charge that he interfered with police by refusing to stop taking pictures of an arrest during the city’s Mardi Gras celebration in 2007. Prosecutor April Powell told jurors that Adams stepped within the perimeter officers had established for safety while arresting a man. But defense attorney Anthony Griffin said a digital index from the camera showed that police removed some of Adams’ pictures while he was in custody. He said the images would have shown Adams was outside the perimeter police established.

This is welcomed news as the first amendment rights of photographers are consistently challenged by police over stepping their authority. Houston is no stranger to trampling on photographer’s rights. Back in March, Harris County Commissioners approved a $1.7 million lawsuit settlement for the Ibarra brothers who said their civil rights were violated. During the course of their lawyer’s investigation into the case, racist and pornographic e-mails were found on the work computer of former Harris County DA Chuch Rosenthal. He resigned shortly after the discovery. That’s sweet justice if I’ve ever seen it.