PAUL McCartney's divorce from Heather Mills has taken another nasty turn, with the former Beatle's estranged wife claiming he physically abused his first wife, Linda.
The claim comes just days after newspapers published apparently leaked divorce papers detailing Heather Mills McCartney's allegations against Sir Paul, including that he attacked her.
British newspapers are reporting that the 38-year-old Mills, a former model, has told friends she believes she has damning information about Paul and Linda's 29-year marriage.
Linda McCartney died of breast cancer in 1998.
The Sunday Mirror says Sir Paul, who was devoted to Linda and rarely spent a night away from her, is aware of the latest claims.
This is a step too far.
Next she'll be saying she's discovered a brand new colour. It's getting more ridiculous by the minute, the Sunday Mirror quoted a source close to Sir Paul.
There's one thing to make all the claims she has last week - but this is just outrageous.
It's nonsense - Paul and Linda had a fantastic marriage.
Sir Paul's spokesman declined to comment.
A close friend of Ms Mills told The Mail on Sunday: She told me that he did to Linda what he did to her.
She says that staff of Sir Paul told her that Linda had also suffered abuse.
The Sunday Mirror says Mills also taunted Sir Paul's fashion designer daughter Stella by telling her she knew of incidents involving her mother and father, saying to her: You're so full of bitterness, Stella. Is it because you can't forgive your father for what he did to your mother?
Documents emerged last week alleging that, while in Los Angeles in the United States in 2002, Sir Paul grabbed (Ms Mills) by the neck and pushed her over a coffee table .
They also claimed that he lunged at her with the broken stem of a wine glass which cut her arm and made it bleed.
Sir Paul, 64, has said in a statement through his lawyers that the only correct place for him to respond to the allegations is in the divorce courts.
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