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Former Spice Girl, Mel B, is reportedly pleading with a US judge to hold her divorce case in private to stop her estranged husband Stephen Belafonte playing a sex tape in court.
The entertainer is said to have filed a motion with the court in Los Angeles after reportedly learning of her ex-husband’s intention to include the tape in the proceedings, thereby making it available to the public.
Her lawyers claim the court has a duty to shield the singer’s three children from being ‘exposed to illicit material’ that might become public if it is played in court.
Belafonte and Mel have been involved in a bitter divorce battle since their split late last year.
The singer, 42, filed a restraining order against her estranged husband earlier this year, making their breakup public and airing allegations that he beat her during their tumultuous 10-year marriage.
Now, recent reports are suggesting the explicit tape shows Belafonte in compromising positions with another woman, and Mel B is alleged to have recorded the explosive home video herself.
A judge is expected to make a decision on whether to make the proceedings private by the end of the month.
She is apparently not keeping her thoughts to herself though. Posting to Instagram last wee, the singer caption a telling quote, it read: ‘The truth always comes out in the end, no matter how hard anyone tries to hide or stop it. Lies are just a temporary delay to the inevitable.’
The bitter divorce battle has been complicated by a lawsuit from a former nanny, Lorraine, who is suing Mel B over her affair claims.
According to reports, Belafonte will only get a fraction of the Spice Girls £48 million (AUD$81.4million) fortune due to a prenuptial agreement.
Earlier this year it was also reported that Mel B is paying Mr Belafonte £30,500 (AUD$51,704) a month as emergency spousal support and is covering his legal fees to the tune of £106,900 (AUD$181,220).
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