This video contains distressing images Mel B from Spice Girls speaks about her experience with domestic abuse to ITV News Arts Editor Nina Nannar Mel B opened up about having "two very different lives" as she struggled with domestic abuse while appearing to lead a "glammed up" lifestyle. The former Spice Girls member, nicknamed Scary Spice for her fiery onstage persona, said domestic abuse can happen to anyone as she described how difficult it was for her to leave her 10-year ordeal. Ex-husband Stephen Belafonte has repeatedly denied allegations that he was abusive to Mel B. The singer spoke to ITV News ahead of the release of a short film on domestic violence, which she created with Women's Aid and British composer Fabio D'Andrea.