Heather Mills' £80 million demand

Nov 6, 2006, 12:20 GMT

Heather Mills reportedly wants £80 million in her divorce settlement with Sir Paul McCartney.

The former Beatle - who is rumoured to be worth around £800 million - was overheard in a London café telling literary agent Peter Cox that his estranged wife was determined to get as much money as possible from their pending court case.

He said: "She is going to take me for £80 million, because we now know its for £80 million. All she thinks about is dollars."

The songwriter, 64, also reportedly branded the 38-year-old former model - who recently made accusations in legal divorce papers that Sir Paul was violent towards her - as a "liar" and a "bully".

According to reports, he said: "Everyone knows she is a liar, she even lied in her autobiography. Everybody knows that.

"She has told so many lies like the one about me being a drunk - just because I go to pubs.

"It's all a pack of lies you know, that I am stingy - that's another one.

"And it's all c**p and rubbish. If she doesn't get what she wants she'll pick a fight.

"I am really miserable, bullied actually. It just

Sir Paul reportedly arranged the meeting with Cox last Wednesday (01.11.06) to collect "explosive" audio tape recordings of the singer's late wife Linda talking about their marriage.

Paul - who left the meeting carrying a white package - is rumoured to have paid £200,000 for the cassettes, which Cox made when he was co-authoring her 1989 book, 'Linda's McCartney's Home Cooking', to ensure Heather cannot use them as evidence in their divorce proceedings.

The land-mine campaigner had hoped the 20 hours of tapes would support her claim that Paul was abusive.

Last week, Paul's lawyers demanded Cox sign a legal agreement saying he would not make the contents of the cassettes public.

However, this does not mean he is barred from talking about the conversations he had with Linda and the judge who hears the divorce between Paul and Heather will have the power to order that the tapes are played in court.

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