Mel B Ordered to Pay Ex $40,000 Per Month in Temporary Spousal Support Despite Her Shocking Abuse Claims
Melanie
“Mel B” Brown has been ordered to pay her estranged husband Stephen
Belafonte $40,000 per month in temporary spousal support, PEOPLE confirms.
The singer, 42, filed for
divorce in March after nearly 10 years of marriage and asked for joint legal
and physical custody of their 5-year-old daughter, Madison. She also requested to terminate the court’s ability to
award spousal support in her filing.
In addition to paying Belafonte, 42, temporary spousal support, the judge
also ordered the America’s Got Talent judge to pay for $140,000 in
attorney fees and forensic fees on Belafonte’s behalf, according to court
documents obtained by PEOPLE.
In April, Brown filed for a
temporary restraining order against her ex and accused him of physically and
emotionally abusing her. Brown alleged in her TRO filing that she was “in fear”
for her life and that Belafonte’s alleged abuse ramped up when her career was on
an upswing.
She also claimed in the filing that Belafonte hired a German exchange
student, Lorraine Gilles, to be their nanny and pitted the two women against
each other. Brown claimed the nanny’s relationship with Belafonte became sexual
and that he impregnated her before demanding an abortion.
Brown was also granted a restraining order against Gilles in April, but
Gilles in turn sued Brown
for defamation, claiming her pregnancy was the result of a one-night
stand.
Brown returned to work on AGT in late April and has found support in her
costars.
“We all go through tough times and we need people around us who care and
matter and are there and are strong for us — and we’re all there for her,”
fellow judge Howie Mandel previously told PEOPLE.
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