Mel B has spoken at length about claims of ‘domestic violence, mental abuse, control and torture’ in her 10-year marriage to Stephen Belafonte. Yet Mel B’s ex-husband says she can’t provide a ‘single shred of evidence’ that he was violent or abusive, three months after the claims were all dismissed by a Los Angeles court. The producer has broken his silence on the ‘bunch of lies’ Mel told in their high profile divorce – which was settled in August – and claims she used them to cover up her own drug addiction.
Stephen told DailyMail.com on Tuesday: ‘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 Madison.’
Mel’s ex claims he presented 3,000 exhibits of evidence that proved she was lying, while Mel could not provide ‘a single shred’ to prove the abuse. Stephen and Mel’s 10-year marriage ended in divorce in 2017 but it wasn’t until eight months later, in August 2018, that their settlement was complete.