Naomi Campbell’s former personal assistant has leapt off a bridge to her death, claim reports.

Jade Bien-Aimee Sutherland - who grew up as a boy but had a sex-change - was found dead under London's Albert Bridge on the shore of the Thames River near her home in Battersea, South London.

A British newspaper claims that Sutherland – who allegedly quit her job as Campbell’s assistant because of a heated row – sent a desperate email out to friends following the death of her “soul mate” Andrew Richardson, just days before.

”He's now gone, I'm all alone, my heart is empty, my life is empty” read the email. “I don't think life's worth living after losing a close one."

Sharon and Kelly Osbourne and Anne Robinson, host of TV game show Weakest Link, were among hundreds of mourners at Sutherland's funeral in London's Piccadilly.