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Mel B Wins Court Order Banning Ex Husband From Distributing Sex Tapes

Mel B Wins Court Order Banning Ex Husband From Distributing Sex Tapes

Mel B has successfully blocked her estranged husband, Stephen Belafonte, from distributing sex tapes, according to reports.

The former Spice Girl has won a court order banning her ex from selling x-rated videos and pictures of her.

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According to TMZ.com, the judge sided with Melā€™s lawyers and reinforced a previous order on the matter, banning the distribution of any vids or pics..

During the court date, Melā€™s attorneys asked the judge to force Belafonte to give them access to a storage facility said to contain the items, but the judge has yet to rule on the request.

Earlier this week, Belfonte vehementlyā€ denied the ā€œoutrageous and ā€œunfoundedā€ allegations of abuse leveled against him by the former Spice Girl in court papers.

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The 41-year-old singer and TV presenter claimed she was the victim of ā€œmultiple physical beatingsā€, and also accused her husband of threatening to destroy her career by releasing a sex tape.

Mel, who filed a sworn declaration with Los Angeles superior court, has since been given a temporary restraining order against her ex husband.

In the detailed court papers filed by the former ā€˜X Factorā€™ judge, she describes her ex as a ā€œlarge, extremely aggressive, hostile and violent individualā€ who was ā€œcontrolling, manipulative and abusiveā€.

Stephen Belafonteā€™s lawyers insist all the claims are: ā€œNothing more than a smear campaignā€.

ā€œItā€™s a shame that Ms Brown elected not to proceed in a respectful and amicable fashion in this very private matter,ā€ they say.

ā€œIn due course, Mr Belafonte will be filing his response to the outrageous and unfounded allegations made by Ms Brown, allegations which he vehemently denies.ā€

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