United Nations Global Leadership Award in 2002.
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estranged wife, Heather Mills, in a series of bitter allegations marking the start of their divorce proceedings.
Mills has alleged the former Beatle beat her up, took drugs, with his holiday plans.
While Sir Paul's legal team is yet to comment, the claims are expected to be vigorously denied.
Mills, 38, has hired Princess Diana's divorce lawyer Anthony divorce settlements.
According to The Sun, the papers lodged by Mills state Sir Paul, 64, became "physically violent" and acted in a "vindictive, punitive manner towards her".
outside and fell down a hill, cutting his arm.
daughter Beatrice - she claims he shoved her into a bath, leaving her shocked and distressed.
he had been smoking cannabis, the papers allege.
In April he flew into a rage and tipped red wine over her, it is claimed, before grabbing her glass and snapping its stem.
The of the wine glass, which cut and pierced the respondent's arm just below the elbow, and it began to bleed profusely."
The McCartneys married in 2002. News of their separation broke in May, with both parties speaking of mutual respect and regret.
agreement that exposed Sir Paul to a mega-payout, he defended Mills against the gold-digger accusations and worse.
past, saying she had been a prostitute.
million settlement.
But the strain soon began to show, with the tension mounted over the custody of two-year-old Beatrice, their only child.
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