News of the World reports that Heather Mills has surrendered in her divorce battle with Paul McCartney, dropping her demand for sole custody of their daughter Beatrice in exchange for $60 million in cash and property.
"It's amazing how quickly things have turned around," sources told NOTW. "Heather has caved in on lots of things — including the money demands and sole custody of daughter Beatrice — and we now expect her to settle."
The tab reports that, despite the apparent civility between McCartney and Mills in court, they have actually been at each other's throats in private. One alleged phone exchange between the ex-couple saw McCartney yelling at Mills, "I just can't wait until I never have to see your face again!" and Mills retorting, "You'll never get rid of me!" McCartney also called Mills tacky for agreeing to appear on the show Dancing With the Stars, predicting that Mills would become, "a reality TV freak like Anna Nicole Smith."
But what does this mean for Mills's claims that McCartney abused her? A Mills friend says Heather has not backed down from her accusations, and vows she will never sign any agreement that forces her to keep her mouth shut. And another friend accuses Paul of wanting to settle the affair quickly to avoid evidence of his abuse coming up in court:
What McCartney has done is categorically deny the wife-beating, saying it's disgraceful and disgusting, then settle so she won't have a chance to show the evidence to back up what she said. ... I know that Paul's worn her down and she got completely fed up with the whole thing. But he'll never keep her quiet.
Crabbie has been on Team McCartney during this whole sordid mess, mostly because it's so hilarious making fun of peg-leg Heather, but honestly, I'm starting to think maybe Mills's abuse claims are not without foundation. It think it's altogether possible that McCartney really is the monster Mills tried to portray him as. I also think that Heather is a completely vile gold-digging bitch who probably deserved to get cuffed around. I suspect that, if we knew the whole truth about this story, we wouldn't like either of these people very much.
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