Peather Breakup

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July 2008
- Mills' PR Flack Quits, Calls Her 'Mental Maniac'
  
  New York Post | Jul 26, 08 3:40 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Heather Mills’ publicist quit this week over an alleged tell-all book, the New York Post reports. Michele Elyzabeth, who once posted videos online defending Mills, grew exasperated when Mills accused her of writing an insider's account. “I told her I was sick of her outbursts,” says Elyzabeth, “I said, ‘You have a couple of dollars now and think you are somebody?’” More »
June 2008
- Madonna Seeks Counsel of Sir Paul's Divorce Lawyer
  
  Times (UK) | Jun 26, 08 7:08 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Madonna is set to enlist the services of the lawyer who handled Paul McCartney’s divorce settlement, the Times of London reports. The pop star, 49, is reportedly exploring a split from director Guy Ritchie, 39. "Steel magnolia” Fiona Shackleton gained notoriety when she secured such a favorable result for McCartney that Heather Mills emptied a water jug over her head in court. More »
May 2008
- One Step Closer to Officially Single
  
  Sun (UK) | May 12, 08 11:42 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Paul McCartney is 6 weeks from being officially single again, the AP reports. The same judge who awarded Heather Mills $47.5 million and called her a "less than impressive witness" today granted a preliminary divorce for McCartney, 65, and Mills, 40, that will become final in 6 weeks and a day—if no one objects. More »
April 2008
- Heather Pal Dishes on Her Hooker Days, Paul Scheme
  
  Daily Mail (UK) | Apr 22, 08 4:22 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Heather Mills gave Paul McCartney an ultimatum in the early stages of their relationship—marry me or it's over—says a former friend in a British TV show airing tonight. Heather's buddy also talks about their time together as high-priced prostitutes, reports the Daily Mail . "Heather knows how to play people, she's very clever," she says. "They're besotted, like enchanted, you know—like she throws fairy dust all over them." More »
- Mills on Paul's Gals: 'Better Them Than Me'
  
  Sun (UK) | Apr 11, 08 12:35 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Heather Mills went back on the attack today, turning a televised sitdown on a European morning news program into a bitter rant about her "David versus Goliath" divorce from Paul McCartney and the former Beatle's current romances, the Sun reports. She also copped to dousing his attorney with water in court to "cleanse and baptize" her. More »
March 2008
- Divorce Judge Blasts Mills as 'Inaccurate'
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | Mar 18, 08 9:28 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Heather Mills was an “inconsistent and inaccurate” witness in her divorce hearings with Paul McCartney, the case judge said today. He described the ex-Beatle’s ex as “less than candid” and “less than impressive,” but tempered his critique by noting that Mills is a “kindly individual” who showed “steely, yet courteous determination” in representing herself in court, the Daily Telegraph reports. More »
- Mills' Haul Only No. 7 of Top Celeb Splits
  
  Daily Mirror (UK) | Mar 18, 08 8:26 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The $46.8 million settlement Paul McCartney has to shell out to divorce Heather Mills only ranks seventh on the Mirror's list of celebrity divorces: Michael and Juanita Jordan, 2007, $168 million: She filed for divorce once before, in 2002. Neil Diamond and Marcia Murphey, 1994, $150 million: He amicably said she was "worth every penny." Steven Spielberg and Amy Irving, 1989, $100 million: She walked away with half his fortune; he walked with an Indiana Jones star. More »
- McCartney Ordered to Pay Mills $48.7M to Settle Divorce
  
  Daily Mail (UK) | Mar 17, 08 9:47 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A UK court today ordered Paul McCartney to pay Heather Mills $48.7 million to settle their protracted divorce case, in which the former model represented herself after firing her lawyers. "It was an incredible result to secure mine and my daughter's future and that of all the charities that I obviously plan on helping," Mills said on the courthouse steps, adding that “Paul was offering a lot less,” the Daily Mail reports. More »
February 2008
- McCartney, Mills Can't Seal Deal
  
  Times (UK) | Feb 18, 08 5:35 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Paul McCartney and Heather Mills again failed to strike a divorce agreement today, and the judge hearing their case will announce a decision in a few weeks, opening up the possibility that the action will be heard in open court. If either side contests the judge's ruling, the case will move to the Court of Appeal, which Sir Paul wants to avoid but his ex says she is ready for. More »
- McCartney Coughs Up $108M to Mills
  
  Daily Mail (UK) | Feb 16, 08 1:32 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Maybe all you need is love, but when that fails, $108 million isn’t bad either. That’s how much Heather Mills will get from her ex-Beatle ex-hubby Paul McCartney in a divorce settlement both have agreed to, the Daily Mail reports. But Mills will have to sign a confidentiality agreement, vowing not to speak publicly or write about the bitter breakup. No other Brit papers have confirmed the deal. More »
- McCartney Divorce Hearing Drags Into 2nd Week
  
  BBC | Feb 15, 08 3:08 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Divorce proceedings between Paul McCartney and Heather Mills will continue into next week, the BBC reports, amid media speculation that a confidentiality pact is holding up what is likely to be a record financial settlement. The private hearing in a London court was scheduled to end today but will extend at least through Monday. More »
- McCartney Divorce Battle Back in Court
  
  Times (UK) | Feb 11, 08 11:11 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills returned to court today for the latest round of proceedings in what may be the most expensive divorce settlement in British history. Mills has dismissed her lawyers and will represent herself, leaving open the possibility that she'll be permitted to cross-examine her ex about his assets, the London Times reports. More »
November 2007
- Beatle's Wife Furious Over Paul's New Girl
  
  New York Post | Nov 8, 07 12:50 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - When paparazzi caught Paul McCartney smooching millionaire heiress Nancy Shevell last weekend in the Hamptons, Heather Mills told the press her soon-to-be-ex-husband could do whatever he wanted. But in a private call, she let the former Beatle have it, a friend told the Mirror. "Heather demanded to know what the hell he was up to," the pal said. More »
October 2007
- Sir Paul's Divorce Talks Collapse and Head to Court
  
  Daily Mail (UK) | Oct 12, 07 4:57 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - As divorce talks between Paul McCartney and estranged wife Heather Mills collapse, the unhappy couple gears up for a full-blown public trial next February. Mills apparently turned down a $100 million settlement offer, the Daily Mail reports, because it stipulated that she not talk about the marriage in public—something she evidently has set her sights on. More »
March 2007
- Heather Mills Dances into America's Good Graces
  
  New York Post | Mar 21, 07 12:35 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Heather Mills, amputee victim and Beatle ex-wife, tried to foxtrot her way into the hearts of Americans last night on Dancing with the Stars. Much maligned by the British press since her acrimonious split with Paul McCartney last May, Mills, whom LInda Stasi calls "the most loathed amputee since the One Armed Man in 'The Fugitive,'" gave an inspirational performance. More »
May 2006
- They can't work it out: Paul McCartney, Heather Mills McCartney to separate
  
  Associated Press | May 17, 06
  
  When he's 64, Paul McCartney may well be on a long and winding road _ through the courts _ in one of Britain's most expensive divorce cases.With Wednesday's announcement that the former Beatle is to separate from his second wife, 38-year-old Heather Mills McCartney, speculation immediately turned to the financial settlements surrounding the end of their four-year marriage."She could get a huge chunk of his wealth," said Patricia Hollings, a divorce specialist with the London legal firm Finers Stephens Innocent. Hollings said that Mills McCartney's relatively young age and the fact that they have...
July 2001
- Something about Heather She was the homeless runaway who became a model. Then her leg was amputated
  
  Evening Standard (London) | Jul 27, 01
  
  THERE are few icons of Sir Paul McCartney's calibre left in the world, and the ex-Beatle's status as the kind, caring Queen Mother of pop, along with his naked grief over the death of his wife Linda, meant his remarriage could have caused as much public outrage as - in the words of one commentator - the engagement of the Pope. It is a credit to Heather Mills's poise that, two years after they first met at a charity dinner and only three years after Linda's death, we already see her as Lady McCartney.Mills has treated her relationship with Macca with cool pragmatism, grumbling that his fame casts...