Daughter Defends XFactor Judge Husband Battering 'He Didn't Hit My Mom'

Mel B's daughter has spoken out in defence of her stepfather Stephen Belafonte, amid rumours he hit her mom. Phoenix who has been with her stepfather since the rumours escalated with Mel B leaving their home went on twitter and asked people to stop saying Stephen hit her mom because he never did. 

'Can everyone just chill he didn't hit my mom don't know how that stupid rumour came up,' the 15-year old wrote on her twitter page.

XFactor Mel B’s Husband Leaves UK, But She Knew He Was No Angel Before Marrying Him

Mel B married husband Stephen Belefonte, 39, after a whirlwind romance but admitted she knew 'he was no angel' with arrests dating back to when he was 19, top right soon after they got married.

The film producer, 39, has been prosecuted for handling stolen goods, beating the mother of his child and killing a mallard with a brick, but denies he ever attacked Mel B, also 39.

After their wedding in 2007 the singer had to defend her husband's past when it emerged that he had battered his common-law wife Nicole Contreras during a drunken row at their home in 2003.

XFactor Judge Mel B’s Husband Slammed By Fans For Bruises Spotted On Her

Mel pictured with her husband (left)                            Mel on the show on sunday with bruises (right)

Mel B's husband has slammed speculation that he was responsible for her scratched and bruised appearance on The X Factor judge on Sunday. Mel B came back for the show's live final after being admitted to hospital in agony on Thursday night.

There had been no explanation from the 39-year-old former Spice Girl for her hospital admission, which caused her to miss Saturday's episode of the show.

But concerned viewers pointed out that she appeared to have 'a swollen face', a bruise on her cheek and scratches on her upper arms as she appeared for the show on Sunday night, speculating her husband, Stephen Belafonte was involved as Mel wasn't wearing her wedding ring.