Naomi Campbell has confirmed she will attend the Charles Taylor trial at The Hague as per the court's request. She is a witness who has been asked to help clarify events in 1997," her spokesman said.
The war crimes court last week ordered Miss Campbell to testify on July 29 about a gift she allegedly received from the former president.
"Miss Campbell has made it clear that she is willing to help the due process of law," said the spokesman from The Outside Organisation PR firm.
"For avoidance of doubt she is not being accused of any wrongdoing and is not on trial."
Prosecutors at the Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague have argued that Miss Campbell's testimony could directly disprove claims made by Taylor during his two-year trial. Taylor is on trial for his alleged role in the civil war in Sierra Leone.
He is accused of arming rebels in return for diamonds illegally mined by kidnapped civilians, many of them children.
Taylor's henchmen allegedly handed the supermodel a 'huge' rough diamond after a charity dinner held at Nelson Mandela's house in 1997.
The claim was made by Mia Farrow, the Hollywood actress, who was at the same event and said Miss Campbell told her she had been given the gift. Miss Campbell has repeatedly denied that she received the diamond.
Taylor has pleaded not guilty to 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity carried out during the decade-long conflict, which ended in 2001.
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