Spice Girls’ Mel B has been sued by ex-husband, Stephen Belafonte, about her claims during their 2017 divorce.
According to ET Online, Belafonte has accused her of defamation and trying to “cause him severe emotional distress and destroy his reputation.”
In court documents, Belafonte accused Mel B of spending “the better part of the last decade engaging in a deliberate and wide-ranging campaign” to defame him.
According to the documents:
“Ms. Brown has stopped at nothing to falsely charge [Belafonte] with crimes and horrific offenses, including physical beatings, rape, financial abuse, emotional abuse, sex trafficking, and illegal gun possession.”
The pair married in 2007 and divorced in 2017.
Since 2019, Belafonte has had primary custody of Madison, their 12-year-old daughter.
What Exactly Has Stephen Belafonte Accused Mel B Of?
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Belafonte claims that the Spice Girl made “a fraudulent claim of domestic violence in 2017.”
Belafonte adds that Mel B’s book showcases how she has “leveraged her thirty years of fame to attack Mr. Belafonte in a malicious and vindictive global smear.”
“Ms. Brown has been profiting off of her public lies as she portrays Mr. Belafonte as a ‘monster’ on global television and media appearances and in her ironically named book… [Her] relentless attacks have been calculated to ensure maximum coverage of her false narratives and exact maximum damage to Mr. Belafonte’s reputation and emotional state.”
Allegedly, Belafonte didn’t sue Mel B before he wanted to “protect his young daughter from a drawn-out and public litigation.”
In addition, he accused his ex of barely maintaining a relationship with their daughter.
He argued that Mel B had only visited Madison once in the last four years, even though “she has flown to the United States, for work-related appearances and tapings, on multiple occasions.”
Belafonte wants “no less than $5 million” in compensatory damages., as well as punitive and exemplary damages, and is seeking a trial by jury.