The driver declined to file assault charges and instead was planning to file a police report claiming harassment. If so, it will mean Campbell will not be facing criminal charges or be required to talk with police.

Earlier in the day, New York police said the 39-year-old model was accused of striking her driver from behind and causing his head to hit the steering wheel of the car, a Black Cadillac Escalade ESV, around 3 p.m.

By the time police arrived at the scene in Midtown Manhattan, Campbell had left on foot.

New York police said the driver told them a small bruise and swelling under his right eye was caused by Campbell. The police said they wanted to talk to Campbell. Her spokesman Jeff Raymond said she would voluntarily cooperate with police.

In 2008 Campbell was sentenced by a London court to 200 hours of community service after pleading guilty to assaulting two police officers during an expletive-filled incident after she had discovered an airline had lost one of her bags.

Campbell also spent five days mopping floors and cleaning toilets as part of a community service sentence in New York in 2007 after throwing a mobile phone at her housekeeper during an argument over a pair of jeans. She was also ordered to attend anger management classes.