Heather Mills: FAIL - Page 10
The wife, as I understand her case, says that far from replicating the marital standard of living, she is taking a reduction. The wife would contrast her budget with the very high standard of living they enjoyed during the marriage. As the wife states in her final submissions:
“I have based my claim on reasonable needs that I was accustomed to, before and during the marriage.â€
The wife professes extreme concern for the safety and well-being of herself and Beatrice.She wants round the clock security including bodyguards for herself and Beatrice. She showed me a DVD of at least one paparazzi following her car in Brighton.
It is correct that in December 2006 death threats were made against her but there is no evidence that there have been any such threats since. The wife told me in evidence that she has received abuse and nasty messages on her website. She says she is concerned by “crazy fansâ€. She told me she wants security “until she is an old ladyâ€.
However her evidence on this contentious issue is at variance with the evidence she put before the Senior District Judge in March 2007. On 6 March in her evidence to the Senior District Judge she said:
“Our life in Brighton is really beginning to shape in Brighton …. I am so much happier now with life since the tabloid press have slowly begun to lay off me.
"Yes, there are a few stories here and there; and yes, a few paparazzi still follow me around, but I expect this to pass and I am feeling very positive about our futureâ€
Of course, a year has passed since then. She unwisely gave interviews in October and November 2007 which may have produced intrusion into her life by the media. But that was very largely self-inflicted. [emphasis mine]
At paragraph 16 and 17 of his affidavit of 22 February 2007 (sworn for the maintenance pending suit hearing) [Paul] said:“Before Heather and I were married I had a fairly limited and low key security presence (unless I was on tour, which creates a very different set of circumstances). There were never any bodyguards at Peasmarsh.
The general farm employees kept a look-out for anything suspicious. There was virtually no security at Cavendish Avenue.
At the office complex in New York there would be one guard on the door given the location of the office in mid-town Manhattan.
There was an off duty police officer who provided night cover when I was at Long island, and on trips to and from the airport.
There was no permanent close protection during this period unless I was on tour or attending high profile events. This was how I had lived with my first wife and our four children.
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