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The lawyers' statement

John Plunkett
Tuesday June 13, 2006

Heather Mills McCartney
Mills McCartney: lawyers said she will sue tabloid once divorce was complete. Photograph: PA

Heather Mills McCartney said she intends to sue the News of the World over allegations she was a prostitute who engaged in group and lesbian sex.

Lawyers acting for Sir Paul McCartney's estranged wife said claims in the paper that she was paid thousands of pounds to have sex with wealthy Arabs while she was in her 20s were 'untrue and highly defamatory'.

In a statement, Mills McCartney's representatives said she would sue the News International title, edited by Andy Coulson, but not until the couple's divorce was complete."