Stephen Belafonte wants to get back at his ex Mel B.
In an interview with the Daily Mail, Belafonte responded to the Spice Girl’s publicity tour for her new book Brutally Honest, in which she discusses their difficult ten-year marriage.
Belafonte alleges the singer “concocted” smears against him, which cost him the right to see his stepdaughter.
“It was dirty. Melanie came out of the gate with such horrific tall tales – it’s probably the worst divorce that’s ever played out in the media, it was very messy…,” the 43-year-old said. “She said horrifically bizarre things – that I beat her, I ran a pornography company, I was a sex trafficker, I beat our dog, random things to garner some attention… I could not stop what Melanie started.
“She made these allegations to get a tactical advantage. She wanted everything, all the money, and full custody of [their daughter] Madison… She knows when she goes out and makes these allegations, they’re going to go everywhere, she did it purposefully. She did it to try to bash me so I would have to take her deal…”
Belafonte added, “But she doesn’t understand one thing about me – I could lose it all, but I’m never gonna lose my daughter. When she took her away I just had to work harder to get her back.”
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Calling his ex-wife a “narcissistic liar,” Belafonte said that he plans to sue her for defamation of character.
“We very much were in love, we had a lot of amazing times and for some reason, you know, she came out with all of these false allegations,” he said of their original court case after their 2017 split. “After 10 years of our marriage, when we decided to get divorced, it was a mutual decision… Her drinking and cocaine use were out of control and I couldn’t take it anymore.”
