In 1998, Mel married dancer Jimmy Gulzar. (Photo: Twitter)
The pair gave birth to a daughter, but split in 2000. (Photo: Twitter)
Gulzar was later brought up on charges for physically attacking Mel’s sister Danielle Brown. (Photo: Twitter)
Mel then revealed her bisexuality, dating film producer Christine Crokos. (Photo: Wiki)
The relationship lasted several years. (Photo: Twitter)
But the pair split in 2006. (Photo: Twitter)
Mel then dated Max Beesley, but the relationship ended after 2 years. (Photo: Twitter)
Brown was also seeing actor Eddie Murphy. (Photo: Wiki)
But with Mel expecting, the romance soon dissolved in a paternity dispute. It was later proven that Murphy was the father. (Photo: Twitter)
Mel eloped to Las Vegas with Stephen Belafonte in 2007, beginning a decade-long marriage. (Photo: Twitter)
But her mother disapproved of Stephen, who was in counseling for having menaced his previous wife. (Photo: Twitter)
Things took a dark turn in 2016, as Mel filed for separation and alleged that Stephen had hit her, among other misdeeds. (Photo: Twitter)
She also accused Stephen of pressuring and blackmailing her and others into unwanted bedroom escapades. Lady Victoria Hervey gave a first-hand account backing that up. (Photo: Twitter)
The women are worried that Stephen may have also secretly, and therefore illegally filmed the encounters, adding to his long list of creepy deeds. (Photo: Twitter)
Responding to what she says are “death threats” made against her by her now-ex, Mel calmly sought a restraining order and took a much-deserved vacation with daughter Phoenix. (Photo: Twitter)
By now, most of the celebrity-watching public is aware of the accusations of horrid mistreatment leveled against Stephen Belafonte by his ex-wife Melanie Brown, known in her post-Spice Girls career as Mel B.
Fans and loved ones have been rushing to the pop performer’s aid on Instagram and Twitter, with the singer posting a meme that reads “You must be at your strongest when you feel your weakest,” and writing of her father’s recent passing in brave, gentle terms. Sharon Osbourne weighed in this week as well, discussing how Melanie’s fans can try to better understand what their heroine has gone through mentally and physically.
But Mel’s odyssey of relationship drama and husband-horror didn’t start with Belafonte. Regretfully, “Scary Spice” has fallen victim to toxic masculinity in multiple ill-fated relationships. Scroll the gallery for a brief timeline of Mel’s misfortune – and her courageous path forward – over the last 2 decades.
