Heather Mills: Paul McCartney Is a Great Guy, No, He's an Abusive Husband...and an Abusive Father, No, Wait, He's a Great Guy Again...
June 5th, 2007 by Glenn Sacks, MA for Fathers & Families
“Heather Mills has explosively struck back at her estranged husband Paul McCartney, accusing him of violently attacking her throughout their doomed relationship. Ms. Mills has claimed former Beatle Sir Paul tried to choke her…Court documents lodged by lawyers for Ms. Mills as part of the celebrity couple’s divorce battle also claim that Sir Paul…grabbed Ms. Mills by the neck during a row and pushed her over a coffee table…She alleges [Paul] broke the bowl of [a] glass from its stem and lunged at her, cutting her below the elbow.”—Daily Telegraph, 10/19/06
“I have never spoken badly about my husband. I never will — he is the father of my child.”—Heather Mills, Telegraph [U.K.], 3/17/07
"Heather Mills has implied that her estranged husband Sir Paul McCartney is an 'aggressive father.'"--BANG Media International, 4/27/07
"Heather Mills Still Loves Sir Paul McCartney"--New Weekly, 5/28/07
The big issue here isn't that Mills keeps changing her mind about McCartney--it's that she made serious allegations against McCartney in their divorce and seems to go back and forth as to whether we're supposed to treat the allegations as valid. False accusations are a devastating problem for fathers in divorce. Women who make false accusations--or women who make valid allegations and then disavow or contradict them later--harm both falsely accused men and legitimately victimized women.
Heather Mills Still Loves Sir Paul McCartney
May 28, 2007
Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills have put an end to their fighting for the sake of their daughter Beatrice reports NW Magazine.
The pair showed no sign of animosity when they met at a London bistro to talk about their messy multi-million dollar divorce, while three-year-old Bea played nearby.
"They sat there chatting away -- everyone was astonished, especially considering how bitterly they fought over their divorce," says a stunned onlooker. "When they left, they were side-by-side and seemed very friendly."
After the chat, Heather, 39, even allowed Paul to spend the afternoon with Bea.
Just months ago, the warring couple wouldn't even stand in the same street, and Bea was shuttled between her parents by nannies.
"It's an amazing about-turn, but they've both looked at their behavior and vowed to get along for Bea's sake," a close friend reveals.
Meanwhile, Heather Mills now wishes she had never split with Sir Paul McCartney reports SUN UK
Heather Mills, stands to gain tens of millions from her high-profile divorce from Sir Paul McCartney --but has told friends that his money can't buy her love.
Her admission came in a heart-to-heart with a close pal at the American Idol aftershow party in Los Angeles.
Her friend revealed: "She said she'd been devastated by the divorce and has become an emotional wreck.
"Heather doesn't care about the huge load of money coming her way.
"She'd much rather be happily married than rich and miserable.
"She said she would gladly give back every penny for another shot at happiness with Paul.
"She loved being married to him and it was the biggest regret of her life that things became so awful between them that divorce was the only option."
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June 6th, 2007 at 4:03 am
"We're supposed to treat the allegations as valid." No, "we" don't have to treat them as anything. They're absolutely irrelevant to us. It only matters to the courts. And it's not certain her claims will even be admitted. I wish they were, as one, it would prove she actually did make them (they first appeared in the UK tabloid press, and anything I read there I treat with great skepticism), and two, we'd hear Paul's side, which we so far haven't as he wisely declined to comment. Then again, I read she also denied them. What she says outside of court is merely a parlor game. It's what's presented in court that counts. And this hasn't been presented in court, under oath.
June 6th, 2007 at 7:07 am
I'm just glad everyone is taking Paul's side on this, only the most naive person could ignore that she married him for his money. Now that he's getting old, she wants out. Of course, she has to lie her way there.
Paul is a national hero, and I'm pretty sure that's the only thing that stops the public taking her side.
June 6th, 2007 at 11:54 am
Diane, what is presented to the courts, is surely relevant to the courts and, one hopes, they pay attention only to that. But the court of public opinion is far more of a kangaroo court and is inclined to eviscerate every male condemned by a female that stumbles into its dock. Callum is entirely right, McCartney has been protected only by a lifetime of cleaner-than-clean celebrity. Only Cliff Richard might have fared better. Nevertheless, any decent male subjected to a public defamation of this sort is completely defenseless and will suffer. She, on the other hand, gets all the attention she wants.
June 6th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm 64. (Paul was 64 when this happened.)
June 6th, 2007 at 6:05 pm
After you free me, will you still bleed me, when you're out the door?
June 6th, 2007 at 6:53 pm
Eh, I don't think anyone took Heather Mills seriously. Yes, there are some husbands out there who mistreat their wives, but given Paul's very high-profile first marriage - extraordinarily devoted and stable by any standards, but especially those of the entertainment world - the only way I think most people would believe that he'd turn into a monster would be because of dementia or something similar that would be obvious all the time. Paul is lucky. But Diane has a good point - the allegations, as far as we know, were never made *officially*. The UK tabloid press says a hell of a lot of things that are of questionable validity.