Jun 13, 2006 8:22 am US/Pacific
Heather Mills McCartney Plans Divorce
LONDON (AP) ―
Heather Mill McCartney confirmed Tuesday that she and former Beatle Paul McCartney will divorce, a statement released by her lawyers said.
Once that's over, the statement said, she intends to sue newspapers which have been digging into her past.
The couple had not mentioned "divorce" when they announced on May 17 that they had "decided to go our separate ways" after four years of marriage.
Since that announcement, she has been the subject of several unflattering newspaper articles which included pictures of her in naked or semi-naked poses.
The News of the World, a mass-circulation Sunday newspaper, has claimed that she was lavishly paid for spending nights with wealthy men when she was in her 20s.
"Heather is very distressed by this article," said the statement from the law firm of Coyle White Devine.
McCartney has come to his wife's defense. "Seeing that so many inaccurate stories have been written at the moment about Heather and myself, all I can ask people to do is not believe them and understand that most of what is coming out is made up and entirely false. Thanks for your support," he said in a statement May 18.
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