The case for Heather
The case for Paul
Resolution
March 17, 2008: It's over. Heather Mills, ex-model and activist and ex-wife of ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, has been awarded 23.7 million pounds (currently about 47 million dollars) in her divorce from Sir Paul, she announced today. It's a slight victory for Mills, who had asked for much more, but wound up with more than the $32 million Paul had proposed. (Approximately $70,000 a year will be paid in child support for Beatrice, their only daughter, age 4.)In a brief statement to reporters, however, Mills revealed that while she will not appeal the decision, she will appeal McCartney's request that the hearing transcripts be made public. This is important because Mills has become a pariah in England, and London especially, for tarnishing the image of the Cute One with her claims of emotional and physical abuse. "I'm so glad it's over," said Mills, "and it was an incredible result, in the end, to secure my and my daughter's future, and that of all the charities that I obviously plan on helping."
February 15, 2008: Details are a little sketchy, owing to Britain's privacy rules in divorce proceedings, but Court 34 of London's Royal Courts of Justice has been booked through Monday... but only through Monday. Justice Hugh Bennett is expected to take three weeks or so to render a decision even when it's all over, anyway. Meanwhile, boxes and boxes of video tapes, supposedly capturing Mills' "harassment" by the media, have been wheeled into court, where the ex-model has decided to represent herself.
February 11, 2008: And you thought the trial had already begun. Having been unable to agree on a settlement despite a year and a half of clandestine court hearings, Paul McCartney's divorce settlement with ex-model Heather Mills is expected to be finally decided with these proceedings, off-limits to the public and held in the family division of London's High Court. The proceedings are expected to last five days or so; Mills is expected to take home a final sum somewhere between the 50 million pounds she wants and the 25 million Paul is prepared to offer, or somewhere between $50 and $100 million US dollars.
