Sir Paul to pay 70 million pounds as divorce settlement!
International
-Staff
By Staff
Friday,
July
20,
2007
Sir
Paul
McCartney's
bitter
divorce
battle
has
almost
come
to
a
close,
with
wife
Heather
Mills
receiving
a
staggering
70
million
pound
settlement.
According
to
reports
Mills,
who
split
from
the
former
Beatle
in
May
last
year
after
four
years
of
marriage,
will
reportedly
get
a
lump
sum
payment
of
15m
pounds
and
an
annual
payment
of
3.5m
pounds
until
their
daughter
Beatrice,
who
will
be
four
in
October,
reaches
her
18th
birthday.
"We're
extremely
close
to
a
resolution.
The
figures
have
been
agreed," the
Daily
Mail
quoted
a
source,
as
saying.
The
legend
will
also
pay
for
all
of
Beatrice's
living
expenses
including
her
schooling,
travel,
nannies
and
security.
The
divorce
settlement,
which
will
be
the
largest
in
British
history,
also
includes
a
clause
that
forbids
both
parties
from
talking
about
the
marriage
collapse.
According
to
a
source,
the
clause
was
McCartney's
way
of
making
sure
that
Mills
maintained
a
"dignified
silence" about
the
divorce
proceedings.
In
divorce
papers
leaked
to
the
press
last
year,
Mills
accused
McCartney
of
assaulting
her
at
least
four
times,
drinking
heavily,
smoking
cannabis
and
banning
her
from
breastfeeding
her
daughter.
Relations
between
the
couple
have
reportedly
softened
since
last
year's
stressed
face-off,
but
lawyers
are
still
standing
by
in
case
the
agreement
falls
apart
at
the
last-minute.
To
that
end
the
case
remains
listed
for
a
five-day
hearing
next
February,
before
Justice
Bennett,
a
family
High
Court
judge.