Mel B recently opened up about receiving MBE award for her services to domestic violence campaign in her latest media interaction.On Tuesday, the former Spice Girls member, who has also been a.
Melanie Brown is in her tracksuit talking to me from her Leeds home. Her mother has popped round and is chomping away on an Easter egg she has just found, despite the fact that Brown has made her some âamazingâ spicy curry soup for lunch. Her oldest daughter, Phoenix, is going to extreme measures to get her attention. Meanwhile, a tiny Yorkshire terrier named Cookie has jumped into Brownâs arms, as her French bulldogs, Yoshi and Yoda, and golden doodle, Luna, wander around making mischief. Itâs a picture of contented domestic chaos.
But it wasnât always like this. Four years ago Brown, better known as Mel B or Scary Spice, was living in Los Angeles, married to the American film producer Stephen Belafonte and, she says, terrified for her life. In her 2018 memoir, Brutally Honest, she
Four years after escaping her marriage, the former Spice Girl talks about confidence, family – and why the pandemic has led to a rise in abusive relationships<br>
Mel B says she missed these signs of domestic abuse I didn’t have anywhere to go, I didn’t have my own credit card. Noel VasquezGetty Images
Melanie Brown (Mel B) has spoken candidly about her experience of domestic abuse, including missing the signs of coercive control at the start of her relationship.
The Spice Girl and TV judge married Hollywood producer Stephen Belafonte in 2007. Over the course of their 10-year relationship she alleges that she suffered physical, sexual, verbal and financial abuse. They reached a private settlement in 2017, just before charges of domestic abuse were due to be heard in court.