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Mel B's life turns Scary: Singer faces £4m defamation battle with ex Stephen Belafonte after custody row - with Spice Girls reunion on ice


The Spice Girl, 49, was unable to stop the case Stephen Belafonte launched against her for writing publicly about their 'abusive relationship' in her book, Brutally Honest.

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. She explained: 'In my life I have been to many, many places and done many extraordinary things, but being here today as a graduate of Leeds Beckett University is honestly as massive an achievement as performing at Wembley Stadium with the Spice Girls.

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