According to contactmusic.com's latest story on Heather Mills, the ex-wife of much loved Beatle Sir Paul McCartney is likely to beat Josef Fritzl in Oxy Moran's May award for Most Hated person on Earth. Its not as if Heather's short of ready cash having just been awarded around $45 million as part of her settlement of divorce from one highly relieved high-fiving Beatle. On top of this in story following the tale of stiffing a fellow disabled person, there's news of possibly even more money for Mills in a legal settlement with some of the UK media.
HEATHER MILLS - MILLS' BROKEN PROMISES TO DISABLED WOMAN
In 2004, Mills - the ex-wife of former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney - told mother-of-one Maria Rybkina she would help to fund the cost of the prosthetics after losing her legs in a tragic train accident.
But Mills, who lost her own leg in a motorcycle accident in 2003, has failed to honour her promise - forcing the 28-year-old to take to the streets of Moscow to beg for money.
Rybkina can now walk again thanks to the fundraising efforts of British couple Robin and Inna Barratt - but the Barratts are furious with Mills' false promises.
Recalling a phone call they received from Mills herself after they wrote in to the Heather Mills Health Trust, a charity for amputees, Robin says, "She said brightly, 'Hello, this is Heather Mills-MCCartney.' We spoke for a long time.
"Heather said she would personally get Maria some really good artificial legs, which would cost around GBP5,000 ($10,000), and cosmesis - the silicone cosmetic covering - which would be another GBP5,000.
"She promised she would also provide all the medical support needed to get her walking again. She told us that because her charity only helped victims of landmines, she would support Maria from her own personal finances."
But Mills' vows failed to materialise, and the Barratts made up the cash needed for Rybkina's prosthetics by donating $4,000 (GBP2,000) of their own money, as well as holding various fundraisers.
Robin adds: "Heather rang us and emailed us repeatedly with promises to pay for Maria's legs. But every single promise she made fell flat. In the end, she never did anything at all.
"At first we thought she was a really sincere person. But all her big promises came to nothing. It was shocking behaviour."
HEATHER MILLS has settled a long-running privacy claim against a British newspaper, after she launched action against the publication for leaking details of her divorce to SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY.The former model filed the claim against Britain's Daily Mail newspaper in 2006 after it published the private details.
Mills also filed claims of libel against two other British newspapers - London's Evening Standard and The Sun.
According to an agreed statement between Mills' legal team and three U.K. publications, the claims have now been settled "on terms satisfactory to the parties".
The statement adds, "The terms of the settlement remain confidential and the parties, along with Sir Paul McCartney, will be making no further public statement."
MCCartney and Mills reached a divorce settlement in March (08) when a London court awarded Mills $48.6 million (GBP24.3 million).
The marriage was noted as officially over on Monday (12May08) when a judge at the High Court in London granted a decree nisi.
The pair began their divorce proceedings in 2006 after they split in May of the same year (06). They have joint-custody of their four-year-old daughter, Beatrice.
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