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05-30-2005, 03:18 AM
United Kingdom
Friend sues rock legend's wife
May 30, 2005
LONDON: Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney's wife is being sued for $120,000 by a childhood friend who claims the former model invented a story that they were held hostage by their pedophile swimming coach.
Margaret Ambler issued a writ claiming breach of privacy after Heather Mills-McCartney wrote about the incident in her 2003 autobiography, A Single Step.
According to the writ, Ms Ambler, 39, of Carlisle in Cumbria, was "extremely distressed and upset" to have been identified in the book, as she had told only her parents what happened.
Ms Ambler, a classmate of Heather Mills at Ushworth Grange Primary School, admits they were indecently assaulted by the coach at his flat in the 1970s.
But she denies they were held hostage and is upset Mills-McCartney included her first name in the book.
The writ states: "The private information was mixed with a substantial amount of false and invented information that served to sensationalise and distort the private information which was published."
According to the book, the girls were rescued by police but the teacher was never charged because he committed suicide by jumping off a cliff.
A spokesman for Mills-McCartney said yesterday she was "unavailable for comment".
http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story.jsp?sectionid=1268&storyid=3201990
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Another site reported she was sued for $95000.
http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/mccartneys%20wife%20sued%20over%20childhood%20abuse%20story
Friend sues rock legend's wife
May 30, 2005
LONDON: Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney's wife is being sued for $120,000 by a childhood friend who claims the former model invented a story that they were held hostage by their pedophile swimming coach.
Margaret Ambler issued a writ claiming breach of privacy after Heather Mills-McCartney wrote about the incident in her 2003 autobiography, A Single Step.
According to the writ, Ms Ambler, 39, of Carlisle in Cumbria, was "extremely distressed and upset" to have been identified in the book, as she had told only her parents what happened.
Ms Ambler, a classmate of Heather Mills at Ushworth Grange Primary School, admits they were indecently assaulted by the coach at his flat in the 1970s.
But she denies they were held hostage and is upset Mills-McCartney included her first name in the book.
The writ states: "The private information was mixed with a substantial amount of false and invented information that served to sensationalise and distort the private information which was published."
According to the book, the girls were rescued by police but the teacher was never charged because he committed suicide by jumping off a cliff.
A spokesman for Mills-McCartney said yesterday she was "unavailable for comment".
http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story.jsp?sectionid=1268&storyid=3201990
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Another site reported she was sued for $95000.
http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/mccartneys%20wife%20sued%20over%20childhood%20abuse%20story