McCartney Mess Heads to Divorce Court
The era of the "amicable" Paul McCartney-Heather Mills McCartney split appears to be over.
McCartney has filed for divorce, alleging "unreasonable behavior" on the part of Mills McCartney, British newspapers said, while Mills McCartney has vowed to "fil[e] her own counterclaims."
So much for "We Can Work It Out."
McCartney initiated divorce proceedings last week, the U.K.'s Daily Mail reported this weekend. The move came two months after the former Beatle and his second wife announced they'd opted to "go our separate ways." At the time, the parting was described as "amicable."
But in McCartney's court papers, unfriendly words such as "argumentative" and "rude to staff" were used to described Mills McCartney, both the Daily Mail and the Sun reported.
In a display of agreeableness, Mills McCartney's rep said the former model did not quibble "that she may be headstrong or feisty."
And in keeping with that feisty spirit...
"Heather's going to be filing her own counterclaims about matters both in this country [England] and America," spokesman Phil Hall said in a statement Saturday.
McCartney Mills was described as "hugely disappointed" that the divorce was being played out in the press.
"[She] feels it inappropriate to speak about such delicate matters when a child is involved," the Hall statement said.
McCartney's camp, likewise, has not commented on the British newspaper reports.
McCartney, 64, and McCartney Mills, 38, have one daughter, Beatrice, who'll be 3 in October. The couple wed in 2002. Despite the groom being worth a reported $1.5 billion, he and his bride did not sign a prenuptial agreement.
With so many Beatle dollars at stake, the McCartney-Mills McCartney divorce is not expected to proceed smoothly. Adding to the drama have been the rampant British tab stories about Mills McCartney's alleged past--the Sun unearthed a 1988 "hard-core porn book" in which she appeared, the News of the World reported she "worked as a high-class prostitute" in the late 1980s.
Mills McCartney defended the photography book as a "lover's guide to a caring relationship." She blasted the Daily Mail story as "untrue," and vowed to sue the paper over its employment claim.





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