LONDON — Paul McCartney’s divorce from Heather Mills was settled Monday for $48.6 million — an enormous sum, but a fraction of what she had sought and a sliver of the former Beatle’s $800 million fortune.
A document released by the Family Court said the judge awarded Mills a lump sum of $33 million plus the assets she currently holds that are worth $15.6 million.
“I’m so, so happy with this,” Mills, 40, told reporters following the closed hearing.
The court also McCartney, 65, to pay $70,000 per year for the couple’s 4-year-old daughter, Beatrice, along with the child’s nanny and school fees.
“I’m so glad it’s over,” Mills said at her impromptu news conference.
McCartney left the court without making any statement.
Mills had sought almost $250 million, while McCartney had said she should receive $31.6 million, including her own assets, which the court assessed at $15.6 million.
Spears ordered to pay Federline $375,000
LOS ANGELES — Britney Spears was ordered by a court commissioner Monday to pay ex-husband Kevin Federline $375,000 to cover his attorney fees in their child-custody dispute.
Mark Vincent Kaplan, Federline’s lead attorney, had asked for nearly $500,000.
Commissioner Scott Gordon issued the order in response to arguments presented last week.
Spears’ attorney Stacy Phillips argued that Kaplan was overbilling and that Federline can pay his own legal bills, but Gordon wrote that Spears’ actions led to a great majority of the litigation and delays in the case.
Halle Berry gives birth to her first child, a girl
NEW YORK — Halle Berry doesn’t just play a mom in movies anymore.
The actress, 41, had a baby girl Sunday, and “is doing great,” her publicist, Meredith O’Sullivan, told People.com, the Web site of People magazine. It is her first child.
The father is 32-year-old model Gabriel Aubry. The two met while shooting a Versace ad in Los Angeles two years ago.
Berry had said she and Aubry don’t plan to marry but feel fully committed to each other.
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