Mel B’s daughter, Phoenix Brown, has recently opened up about the domestic abuse she witnessed at home.
Mel B, who recently received an MBE for her work with domestic violence charity Women’s Aid, publicly accused her ex boyfriend Stephen Belafonte of domestic abuse in her 2018 autobiography, Brutally Honest. Belafonte has repeatedly denied.
Speaking to The Sun, Phoenix explained that she now goes into schools to speak about about consent and domestic abuse.
“I remember being 14 or 15, in my basement bedroom late one evening, when I heard my mum and Stephen fighting — even though they were two floors above me.”
“My mum came downstairs to the kitchen followed by Stephen. I sneaked out of my room and looked through a gap in the stairs just to check Mum was OK”, she added.
“Then I went back to my room in the basement. But a few minutes later, I heard more screaming and shouting. She was yelling: ‘Stop, get off!’ Then I heard some thumps.”
She remembered going back to her bedroom and laying down in bed feeling “helpless”.
“Men need to know that being in a relationship does not mean you can force yourself on a woman or make her do anything against her will,” she said.