SIR Paul McCartney has secretly paid almost $500,000 to secure audio tapes which reportedly contain explosive allegations about his marriage to first wife Linda. The recordings, which second wife Heather Mills wants to use as part of her divorce claim that he was abusive towards her, were handed over to Sir Paul during an extraordinary cloak-and-dagger meeting in a Central London cafe. Sir Paul bought the tapes from literary agent Peter Cox, who made them with Linda when he was co-authoring her 1989 book Linda McCartney’s Home Cooking. The men met up in Eat in Soho Sq on Wednesday morning and spent almost half an hour together as the ex-Beatle poured his heart out about his marital troubles in full view of astonished fellow diners. Customers in the cafe overhead Sir Paul claim Heather has demanded a $197 million divorce settlement – the first time anyone in the divorce has revealed what she is asking for. "Everyone recognised him," a customer said. "There was a bearded guy waiting and they took a table next to me. "Paul wasn’t worried about who was listening or he wouldn’t have spoken the way he did. "He started off talking about what great kids he had but the subject soon changed to Heather and that was when he became agitated and upset. "I remember him saying that all she thought about was money and that she had asked for £80 million. "He said something like, ‘She is going to take me for £80 million because we now know it’s for £80 million. All she thinks about is dollars’. He even drew dollar signs to emphasise it." Sir Paul also repeatedly branded his estranged wife a liar, adding: "Everyone knows she is a liar, she even lied in her autobiography. Everybody knows that."
The Daily Telegraph
Peter Cox should’ve held out for more money…lol!
