Mel B’s abuse plea: ‘I want you to think about how many women are currently living in fear of their lives’
Mel B wants the world to dwell on “how many women are currently living in fear of their lives”. The 47-year-old Spice Girl – who has claimed she was in an abusive relationship with her ex-husband Stephen Belafonte and is now a patron of Women’s Aid campaigns – said in a newspaper column to mark International Women’s Day on Wednesday (08.03.23) she is speaking out about violence against females for victims such as Joanna Simpson. Joanna was bludgeoned to death with a claw hammer in 2010 by her husband who could soon be freed after serving just half his sentence, and her family are meeting Brita...