Heather Mills Walks Out On Promise To Russian Double Amputee
Just when I think Heather Mills can't get any worse, she gets worse. Despite her claims to have done "nothing but chahhty wahk for thuhty yeahhs", it is now emerging that one thing she did do was promise a young mom a new set of legs, only for the Russian woman to find out that Heather's word is as good as her left leg:
Heather Mills smiles for the camera as she promises £10,000 to provide new artificial legs for a young Russian mum tragically disabled in a train accident.But now we can reveal that pledge was a sham... and callous Lady Mucca has given nothing to desperate Maria Rybkina.
Mucca, who has an artificial leg herself, tenderly told the star-struck 28-year-old: "I will help buy you legs like mine. I will help you walk again."
But once she had basked in the glow of the photo opportunity, she IGNORED pleas about the increasingly pitiful plight of Maria—who was being forced to BEG on the streets of Moscow.
It all started when a couple named Robin and Inna Barratt met Maria, who was pulling herself around Moscow on an old skateboard. Maria had lost her legs at the age of five and as a teenager was kidnapped and raped by gypsies. She managed to escape, but with a young son to support she turned to the only thing she could do...beg strangers for money. The couple called Heather's charity, and received a call back from Heather herself:
Robin recalled: "She said brightly, ‘Hello, this is Heather Mills-McCartney'. We spoke for a long time."Heather said she would personally get Maria some really good artificial legs, which would cost around £5,000, and cosmesis—the silicone cosmetic covering—which would be another £5,000.
"She promised she would also provide all the medical support needed to get her walking again. She told us that because her charity only helped victims of landmines, she would support Maria from her own personal finances."
Heather even met the young mother on a visit to Russia in 2004, when her then-husband Sir Paul was playing a concert in St. Petersburg:
Afterwards Mucca sent Robin an email saying: "I will pay for Maria's costs agreed in advance and paid directly to the clinic. Please email me the price." In another she said: "Email me costs individually and I'll get money to you." Continued on the next page
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