Judge to decide Paul McCartney divorce settlement
AFP – 1 hour 25 minutes agoLONDON (AFP) – - A
judge will on Monday decide how much of pop legend Paul McCartney’s
fortune should go to his estranged wife Heather Mills, finally
bringing to an end an acrimonious battle between the pair.
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They will then be forced to decide whether any details of their
divorce agreement are made public, with speculation rampant over
how much of his reputed 825-million-pound (1.1-billion-euro,
1.7-billion-dollar) fortune the former Beatle will be forced to
hand over.
Even if either of the two, or both, want to keep details of the
settlement a secret, though, the deal could be made public if one
of them decides to appeal Monday’s judgement.
The musician, 65, married 40-year-old Mills, a former model
turned charity campaigner, in 2002, four years after his first
wife, Linda, died from breast cancer. They announced an “amicable”
split in May 2006, but their dealings since have been anything but
friendly.
A report in the Evening Standard on Friday said the clashing
couple had agreed on a 25-million-pound settlement, citing an
anonymous source.
It is unclear if the ruling includes provision for the couple’s
daughter Beatrice, who was born in 2003, the Evening Standard
report added, saying that a summary of the judgement is expected to
be made public.
Some reports have speculated, however, that the deal could be
the highest divorce settlement in British history, outstripping the
48 million pounds businessman John Charman was told to pay his
former wife last year.
Seems worldwide the guy who divorces his wife suffers
materially…what’s your view
