The exes are again in court docket.
Feb. 23 2024, Printed 10:30 a.m. ET
Spice Ladies singer Mel B rushed to court docket this week after an argument together with her ex-husband Stephen Belafonte over visitation together with her daughter.
In line with court docket paperwork obtained by RadarOnline.com, Mel pleaded for an emergency court docket order that might permit her visitation together with her daughter Madison later this month.
Mel mentioned she could be in the USA from February 26 to March 4.
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Mel is attacking her ex in court docket papers.
As RadarOnline.com first reported, final yr, Mel was shut down in her try to achieve full custody of the 11-year-old. Stephen has had major custody of the kid since Mel’s work Visa expired in 2019 — and he or she needed to transfer again to the UK.
Stephen opposed the request and accused Mel of erratic habits. The singer claimed her ex was not offering their daughter with a steady house and requested that Madison transfer to the UK.
The decide denied the request and allowed Stephen to maneuver to Florida with Madison.
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In her current movement, Mel mentioned “[Stephen] initially agreed to my requested parenting time with Madison once I offered him with discover of my journey to Miami 19 days prematurely of my anticipated arrival. He later withdrew his consent, claiming that Madison can not spend time with me, her mom, for the primary three days of my journey to go to her as a result of she has plans with aunts and uncles.”
She added, “[Stephen] threatened to name the police if I try to choose Madison up from faculty on February 26.”
Mel misplaced her bid for major custody final yr.
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Mel added, “[Stephen’s] current conduct demonstrates an ongoing of sample of parental alienation.”
She added, “[Stephen] will do something in his energy to maintain Madison away from me. He speaks together with her about our authorized points and coaches her to say and do sure issues. For instance, final week I obtained a voice word from our daughter stating that she’s going to “name her lawyer” if I didn’t conform to her trip within the Bahamas.”
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She wrote, “Madison is a candy, loving, caring younger woman. The statements she makes whereas in [Stephen’s] care are fully out of character.”
Mel added, “I’m sure that [Stephen] is drafting Madison’s textual content messages to me to create a document of his false narrative. Then, once I name consideration to the messages being clearly drafted by him, he forces Madison to ship voice notes in an try to “show” it’s Madison behind the messages. [Stephen] is mind washing [sic] our younger daughter and damaging her psychological well being and wellbeing.”
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The exes in happier occasions.
As well as, Mel claimed Stephen had failed to supply her with an inventory of Madison’s academics in Florida.
Mel added, “Madison spends a considerable period of time with me within the U.Okay. when she is off faculty for vacation and summer time breaks. As talked about, Madison is nice, variety, considerate, and delicate when she is in my care. She has an especially shut bond with me, my fiancé, her sisters, and our associates and family within the U.Okay. It’s upsetting to me to watch how totally different Madison is when she is in her father’s care.”
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A decide has but to rule on Mel’s request.
Mel and Stephen have been married from 2007 till their divorce was finalized in 2017.
In an announcement to RadarOnline.com, Stephen’s lawyer, Tigran Palyan, instructed us, “The general public document, which speaks for itself in your questions, exhibits the Courtroom has dominated in opposition to Ms. Brown on her motions going again to December of 2022, and that Ms. Brown was unable to show any of her allegations when the time got here.”
“Alternatively, Mr. Belafonte has not solely been granted just about all the orders he sought in his emergency movement beginning in December of 2022, however each different movement thereafter, together with his request for relocation to Florida with the minor youngster which was granted on July 10, 2023. Ms. Brown responded with an analogous movement asking the Courtroom to permit the minor youngster to relocate the U.Okay., however this movement was denied in its entirety regardless of Ms. Brown’s allegations in opposition to Mr. Belafonte. Sadly, Ms. Brown continued these allegations in opposition to Mr. Belafonte once more, and none of them have been confirmed or discovered persuasive by the Courtroom as current as December 1, 2023,”
Palyan continued, “The Courtroom has not disturbed the long-standing orders that the minor youngster be in Mr. Belafonte’s major care and custody. Mr. Belafonte has asserted in his filed declarations that Ms. Brown has failed to go to the minor youngster in the USA for the previous 4 years. The newest movement introduced by Ms. Brown yesterday, February 22, 2024, looking for for visitation in the USA was unsuccessful on condition that the Courtroom merely ordered and adopted Mr. Belafonte’s proposed visitation dates from dates supplied by Ms. Brown, in lieu of the orders requested by Ms. Brown.”