Mel B's life turns Scary: Singer faces £4m defamation battle with ex Stephen Belafonte after custody row - with Spice Girls reunion on ice Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By Charlotte Dean For Mailonline Published: 13:07 GMT, 2 November 2024 | Updated: 13:07 GMT, 2 November 2024 e-mail View comments With a string of TV talent show judging stints under her belt, an MBE for her work raising awareness of domestic violence and 1.7million Instagram followers, Mel B is arguably the most successful Spice Girl after Victoria Beckham.
Just one year shy of her 50th birthday and planning her wedding to fiancé Rory McPhee at St Paul's Cathedral, where Princess Diana walked down the aisle, on paper she should be a time where she's enjoying financial and personal stability. However, the reality is looking rather more complicated for the mother-of-three who this week saw her bid to have her ex-husband's £4million defamation lawsuit against her thrown out. Stephen Belafonte is taking legal action against her for writing about their 'abusive relationship' in her book, Brutally Honest, and there is also the constant pain of her daughter Madison, 12, living with her ex who gained primary custody.
Bad news about the lawsuit came in the same week she reignited her feud with the Spice Girls , branding all of her former bandmates including Emma Bunton , Mel C , Geri Horner and Victoria Beckham 'd***heads' for refusing to do a reunion tour. The famously fiery star admitted she bad.