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Supermodel held on assault charge

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- Naomi Campbell has been arrested and questioned by police in London after a woman alleged the supermodel assaulted her.

Campbell was taken to a central London station for questioning on Wednesday after the assault allegation.

The Press Association said Campbell, who has appeared on the covers of Vogue and countless other fashion magazines, was released later on bail. (Watch what an anger management expert had to say about Campbell's rap sheet -- 1:29)

A police spokesman told CNN a 36-year-old woman had been detained Wednesday afternoon after an allegation of assault.

Campbell's spokesman told PA he believed the incident was a misunderstanding that would be quickly resolved.

Campbell has faced allegations of assault before. The London-born model appeared in a New York court earlier this year to face allegations that she threw a phone at a maid.

In 2003, the model was sued by a former administrative assistant who alleged that Campbell had thrown a phone at her during a tantrum two years earlier in a Beverly Hills, California, hotel.

In February 2000, Campbell pleaded guilty in Toronto to an assault charge for beating another assistant while making a film in Canada in 1998.

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