HEATHER MILLS GETS $160million plus settlement

[jilly]

:laugh: :clap:





jilly...i heard/read that she wanted $400 million, & some said he offered her $80...( i THINK i heard it that way? or was it a hundred mil?)....anyway, if this is true, you're right....not bad for a 4 yr marriage at all, LOL

Right...if it's true. Whatever...she's going to come out of this well off. I only hope they get along for the sake of their daughter. It was a bit nasty for awhile there.

 

[close_enough]

Right...if it's true. Whatever...she's going to come out of this well off. I only hope they get along for the sake of their daughter. It was a bit nasty for awhile there.

oh yeah, it was nasty...i also hope they get along for Beatrice also....i'm thinking they will..

 

[CuriousAnne]

I heard Paul is now do a remake of an old Beatles song. Got ta getcha out of my life!!!!:crazy:

:clap: Great one, JDB! :laugh: :laugh:

 

[Malapoo]

I had heard this, but then others saying it's all rumor and nothing is finalized.

 

[jilly]

I had heard this, but then others saying it's all rumor and nothing is finalized.

My guess right now is that this is a big leak about a proposed settlement. I would also guess that the final agreement will be sealed.

 

[FlowerChild]

Paul pursued HER and since he is the one with all the $$$ it would be up too him to do a pre-nup - he married her and they had a child together - nobody forced him to do either.He rushed her to the altar, but, trouble in paradise followed. His children were and are all against him getting involved with anyone and they resent Beatrice - they feel he should not have married Heather. And how could anyone live up to Linda with all her kids hating you and your baby seen not as a sibling, but as a scheme to steal their (future) money. If you read the British papers and magazines you figure very quickly that Paul married Heather but his KIDS divorced her - Stella was waiting for any chink in the relationship to wedge them apart and Beatrice was it.

Linda was the power in their marriage and Heather was another strong woman - but she cannot be Linda, no-one can. I think Paul thought he had found another Linda, but Linda was a wealthy, powerful, well educated woman in her own right when she met Paul - not one to kow-tow to him. Heather was strong, but not near Linda's level of accomplishment, wealth or confidence...Heather's strength is more internal - a fortitude to keep going no matter what nastiness life throws your way. Linda's strength was "out there" - her confidence and sense of power and control exceeded or matched Paul's in every way. Linda was with Paul because of love - she didn't "need" anything else he had, she already had it. Paul is, by most accounts, a very difficult sort of husband - he has numerous "issues", none of which have improved since losing Linda - he has a temper, he smokes a LOT of marijuana, he is not one to be "depended on" and Heather had to depend on him when she had Beatrice and then had problems with her leg that required surgery. Heather was blinded by love and money and power. Of COURSE she feels entitled to part of the money - likely in the passion of the moment, she was told he would care for her for LIFE.

I see Heather's side - people are ready to take Paul's side against Heather because he is "Paul - THE BEATLE. Well Paul is a man - and a flawed one, just like all other "humans". We (the public) never saw the private Paul with Linda but I know a couple of people who spent time with them and worked with them and Linda "managed" Paul - right down to the smallest detail. There was a reason she always toured with him, and Linda COULD NOT sing, nor was she musically talented. Linda was there to manage Paul, and everyone and everything around him. Those would be some difficult, nigh-on impossible shoes for ANY woman to fill - even without your husband's kids hating you and his dead wife's eternal perfection looming over your head.

IMO they are BOTH at fault. Paul, however, being the one with the Billions, had a chance to prevent this before they married, and BY CHOICE, he did not. He will have to chalk it up to expensive lesson learned. Therefore... Paul should figuratively divvy up the money he has right now equally among his kids and Heather - Heather gets one share and Beatrice gets one share. Heather gets hers now, Beatrice's stays in trust and she gets it when she is 18. Paul buys Heather a house similar to the one she lived in when they were married - and it's hers to keep or sell as she wishes. Paul pays for both her and Beatrice's medical, Beatrice's schooling, and a monthly support amount for Beatrice.

Heather could not be a Gold-Digger without Paul's complicity - there would be nothing to "dig". Heather could not have forced him to marry without a pre-nup and Paul is too savvy a business man with too many advisors (and children) to let Heather "con" him or take advantage of him. He knew exactly what he was doing. I cannot muster up any sympathy for him, any more than I can for her. They both need to grow up - they are acting like high-schoolers breaking up. This is silly, They both need get a grip, get on with things and make their daughter the focus of their lives and their future plans.

Beatrice deserves their BEST BEHAVIOR - not smarmy tabloid headlines and public battles where they air all their dirty laundry for all to see.

My Opinion, Really

 

[tennessee]

:clap:

 

[Gabby]

IMO Heather is not entitled to more than half what was earned during the marriage...Beatrice should have her money put into a trust that can not be touched until she is 25 yrs old. Child support should be paid and her medical needs taken care of. Heather is not entitled to anything after the separation,other than what she is entitled to in the divorce settlement.which as I stated before, is 1/2 of what was earned during their marriage.

 

[FlowerChild]

IMO Heather is not entitled to more than half what was earned during the marriage...Beatrice should have her money put into a trust that can not be touched until she is 25 yrs old. Child support should be paid and her medical needs taken care of. Heather is not entitled to anything after the separation,other than what she is entitled to in the divorce settlement.which as I stated before, is 1/2 of what was earned during their marriage.

That would be the case in a normal marriage where assets were acquired jointly and the husband was "earning" and the wife was able to have a career and wouldn't have to raise Paul McCartneys daughter. This is not "normal" in ANY way and people with over a BILLION $$$ in assets know the "rules".

If Paul wanted THAT deal, he should have put it in a pre-nup. He did not. Therefore Heather CAN be entitled to as much as half Paul's Net Worth.....and no-one can tell me Paul didn't KNOW this when they married. Like I said - he made promises and made his own decisions - now he will have to live with them...that's the breaks. At least half the fault in the divorce is Paul's and the reality is Heather didn't marry Paul SMITH and have his daughter. Heather's life will NEVER be the same as it was before Paul and no-one can go back and un-ring THAT bell. What's done is done - all that's left now is the messy clean-up after the party ends.

My Opinion, Really

 

[jilly]

That would be the case in a normal marriage where assets were acquired jointly and the husband was "earning" and the wife was able to have a career and wouldn't have to raise Paul McCartneys daughter. This is not "normal" in ANY way and people with over a BILLION $$$ in assets know the "rules".

If Paul wanted THAT deal, he should have put it in a pre-nup. He did not. Therefore Heather CAN be entitled to as much as half Paul's Net Worth.....and no-one can tell me Paul didn't KNOW this when they married. Like I said - he made promises and made his own decisions - now he will have to live with them...that's the breaks. At least half the fault in the divorce is Paul's and the reality is Heather didn't marry Paul SMITH and have his daughter. Heather's life will NEVER be the same as it was before Paul and no-one can go back and un-ring THAT bell. What's done is done - all that's left now is the messy clean-up after the party ends.

My Opinion, Really

And thank you for your opinion! You sound like you know what you're talking about!

So what was the band that Linda was in with him? Was it when he was McCartney & Wings? I kinda thought at the time that it was tacky for her to be in it and then I thought...well, maybe she controls him. I did hear that the only nite they didn't spend together was when he was arrested in Japan.
I've also read that Linda smoked as much marijuana as him.

Are you referring to Linda's own wealth from her food business? (whatever it was...vegetarian?) I knew she was a photographer when she met him; did she come from a family with money? Just curious.

 

[Gabby]

That would be the case in a normal marriage where assets were acquired jointly and the husband was "earning" and the wife was able to have a career and wouldn't have to raise Paul McCartneys daughter. This is not "normal" in ANY way and people with over a BILLION $$$ in assets know the "rules".

If Paul wanted THAT deal, he should have put it in a pre-nup. He did not. Therefore Heather CAN be entitled to as much as half Paul's Net Worth.....and no-one can tell me Paul didn't KNOW this when they married. Like I said - he made promises and made his own decisions - now he will have to live with them...that's the breaks. At least half the fault in the divorce is Paul's and the reality is Heather didn't marry Paul SMITH and have his daughter. Heather's life will NEVER be the same as it was before Paul and no-one can go back and un-ring THAT bell. What's done is done - all that's left now is the messy clean-up after the party ends.

My Opinion, Really

She did nothing to earn the money he had when they got married... unless you count sleeping with him... she is able to earn a living...and raise the daughter with just child support. or .. she can give Beatrice over to Sir Paul and let him hire a nanny to raise her. She isn't entitled to any portion of what he and his late wife earned. JMO

 

[Laneymae]

So, that's like $40M a year, right? Or just over $3M a month for the time they were married?

Do you suppose I could get him to marry me for a month or so? That could really make a difference in my finances...

Hahaha ... and when you are done with him, send him my way... pretty please...

Laney

 

[Laneymae]

Takes two to make a marriage and two to break it. I am sure that neither of them was a picnic to live with.

But for $160 mllion?!!??!?

No one knows what went on in their marriage, but I am sure that Paul probably loved Heather and put all the effort into this marriage as he did his with his previous marriage to Linda.

I think that he loved Heather and trusted her to be like his first wife, which was the only love he knew. So naive on his part ...

Maybe she didn't get what she wanted (could not match up to Linda, compared Heather to Linda) or he didn't get what he wanted (couldn't match up to Linda). Either way she does not deserve $160 million.

I belive he loved Linda so much and trusted "being in love", that he thought a pre-nup was unnecessary. He loved her and she took advantage of him.

Linda must be turning in her grave to see that he married someone who did not care about him, but cared about MONEY.

Laney

 

[FlowerChild]

Linda was born to money! She did make more after her marriage, but she started with plenty - enough to go all over the world photographing rock/music stars while leaving her daughter at home.
Here---
Linda McCartney was born Linda Louise Eastman in New York, New York to a Jewish-American family. She grew up in the wealthy Scarsdale area of Westchester County, New York and graduated from Edgemont High School in 1959. Her father, Lee Eastman, was songwriter Jack Lawrence's attorney, and at the senior Eastman's request, Lawrence titled a song "Linda" in honor of then five-year-old Linda.Her mother was Louise Linder Eastman, heiress to the Linder Department Store fortune, who died in the 1962 crash of American Airlines Flight 1 in Queens, New York

After the breakup of the Beatles in 1970, Paul began teaching her to play keyboards, and included her in the lineup for his new band, Wings. Wings garnered several Grammy Awards for their music, and became one of the most successful bands of the 1970s, although Linda's musical talent was a continuing source of controversy.
Link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_McCartney

Sorry, but I believe Heather is entitled to part of Paul's money - and Paul will not take Beatrice because his children don't consider her part of their "family". Do a bit of "Googling" - his kids are a big reason for the divorce. He'll never marry again. He's letting his kids run his life now that Linda is gone...rather sad, IMO. Guess this way he can just stay in a fog of marijuana smoke and dream about Linda......

My Opinion, Really

 

[TallCoolOne]

Well, that smoke induced fog didn't seem to prevent Paul McCartney and John Lennon from writing some of the most popular songs ever. Fact is, their music has remained as popular as ever. I think that considering the ride to stardom was so fast and furious the band did quite well. To go from a garage band to superstar status in such a short time had to be quite the ride. There will never be another band that will reach and maintain the popularity that the BEATLES did. Period. It will never happen.

I think she's a golddigger. I don't care what lifestyle she's grown accustomed to..........that really doesn't mean squat to me. She married into that lifestyle, she did nothing to establish it. Big difference to me. She did nothing to earn $160 million, I don't think having a baby should entitle anyone to that much quid. But perhaps I'm just cynical, I raised a baby from 9 months to 18 years old on my own and was supposed to receive $25.00 a week, although those payments were far and few between. So perhaps that is why I feel this is above and beyond the pale. Heather Cha-Ching Mill$. IMO of course.

 

[shopper]

Has anyone here been watching her the past week, like on GMA? I can't decide if she's crazy or if there is some validity to her tales of woe. I do not believe that Paul is without fault, I would imagine living with his ego would be incredibly hard. But Heather seems to be losing it.

Thoughts?

 

[Taximom]

I just think she better watch it with her "suicide" comments because she'll lose visitation etc and whatever custody rights she has if she's not mentally healthy.

 

[philamena]

No one deserves that type of settlement! Especially someone who was only married 4 years.

 

[CaliKid]

Its Paul's fault for not getting a pre-nup--160 mil ain't gonna cripple him--since he's worth 1.5 Blllion--but Heather herself is still seen as a greedy b##ch by most

I agree. Her latest television interview was over the top and made her look as if she has mental problems.

 

[Rag Doll 02]

(sigh...) and to think he could have had me for a fraction of that....