What Is This Man Doing With Naomi Campbell?





image via Canada.com/Agence France-Presse

What is supermodel Naomi Campbell doing rolling the Croisette at Cannes with convicted fraud artist Christopher Rocancourt. Over the years, the trilingual grifter who is missing part of his left pinkie has pretended to be, among other things, a Rockefeller, a De Laurentiis (Eew) and, quite imaginatively, someone called "Prince Galitzine Christo." Doood (Averted Gaze). From Canada.com:

"Christopher Rocancourt, the infamous French conman whose 2001 arrest in Victoria's Oak Bay neighbourhood ended years of eluding the FBI, is back in the news.

"This time, his claim to fame hasn't come from presenting himself as a member of the Rockefeller family, a Brazilian race car driver or the son of Sophia Loren.

"Rather, he's arm candy for supermodel Naomi Campbell.

"...Rocancourt has always been comfortable in front of the cameras, whether it's the international paparazzi or a mug shot, like the one taken at Oak Bay police station April 26, 2001, after a dramatic arrest that put an end to his life on the lam.

He was charged with defrauding a Vancouver couple and put in jail, along with his then-wife Pia Reyes, a former Playboy model.

Then other allegations against Rocancourt began pouring in. He was wanted in several U.S. states, mostly for fraud.

"He was eventually sentenced to two years in jail for his Canadian fraud crimes, spending much of that time at the Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre."

We wonder if this has anything to do with Naomi's little emotional moment on the French riviera.