Heather Mills abused Paul McCartney not vice versa, claims source

Heather Mills abused Paul McCartney and not vice versa as she claims, according to recent reports.

A source claiming to be close to Paul told the News of the World that Heather threw furniture and ornaments at Paul, insulted him in front of staff, demanded that he spend his money on a string of homes and told him “I’m absolutely gonna take you to the cleaners”.

The source told the newspaper: “For Paul the gloves are really off now, and he’s ready to trash her in court. He refutes her lies and is is preparing to detail HER appalling behaviour. The staff have seen it all - and we reckon he’s a saint for putting up with her as long as he did.”

“Paul spent millions of pounds on her - but she never appreciated it … If he turned her down she just let rip at him.”

“It was Heather who caused all the rows by constantly nagging Paul, and they turned violent. Her face would go red with rage. I have seen her slam doors in his face, and when he followed her into a room there would be crashing, banging and smashing.”

“You could hear what was happening, and it sounded like Heather was the one doing the attacking. Chairs were smashed as well as ornaments. Then the housekeeper would have to come in and clean up afterwards. There was at least one of these a month and we’d all walk around with our tin hats on.”

“Paul always tried to keep his rows away from the staff, but you couldn’t fail to hear Heather screaming. We all knew it was another humdinger and to keep our heads down.”

The source also detailed a particular argument when the couple arrived home on one occasion: “After they pulled up in his Mercedes, she leapt out of the car waving her hands at him and screaming, ‘If you wanna get rid of me, do you know how much it is gonna cost you? Do you know how much you stand to lose? I’m absolutely gonna take you to the cleaners’.”

On another occasion, when Heather wanted Paul to help her develop her television career, she was heard to rant: “You’re an old man. You b***tard, don’t you care anymore? Don’t you love me? I’ve given you a baby - is this how you repay me?”

The source added: “Many rows came out of Heather’s hopes to make it big on TV. In summer 2004, she was even begging Paul to help her get her own chat show. I remember her saying, ‘I want a chat show on my own, everyone else is doing it - why can’t I have one?’”

Around the same time, the source detailed how she would leave the family home for weeks at a time: “She’d just suddenly up sticks, jump in her Porsche and disappear. Then they didn’t see each other for a week or even two and he was left with the baby. Two weeks was the longest she stayed away.”

“It was always up to Paul to make up, and get his wife back. While she was away he would always say they had a clash of diaries — but to us that was the codeword for they’d fallen out and she’d gone off.”

Regarding the recent abuse claims by Heather, the source revealed that Paul is “devestated” but that he is not prepared to take the claims lying down: “Quite simply for Paul the gloves are well and truly off. He will bring up her past life and could take this divorce into a whole new direction.”

“She is living in the realms of fantasy. Many of us have known Paul for more than 20 years and he’s not a violent human being. I’ve never seen him drunk with Beatrice and if he has a spliff he becomes your best mate, rather than wants to kill you.”

“There are many members of his staff, band and entourage who will testify to that. Heather should be the one doing the worrying.”