Mel B’s Brother-In-Law Slams Her For Reconciling With Husband

 With husband spotted walking hand-in-hand on Friday

Mel B has been slammed after spending Christmas with husband Stephen Belafonte amid claims her seven-year marriage to the film producer is over. The 39-year-old former Spice Girl confirmed her reconciliation with Belafonte by posting a loving family snap on Christmas Day following weeks of rumours over the state of their relationship.

But Mel's brother-in-law, Oregon based Jeremiah Stansbury, has painted a bleak portrait of their marriage and claims the Leeds born singer is 'addicted' to Stephen, who she married in 2007.

He told The Sun: 'It's foolish. She could do so much better. Steve is an expert at mind games. Mel has her own insecurities and that's how he got her in the first place. She's addicted to him and the sad thing is she doesn't have to be.'

'A lot of people ask me what she sees in him, she's into bad dudes. Regular guys are boring.'

Stephen before now also hit back at claims he physically attacked his wife, telling MailOnline: 'You can only re-mix ten things, ten ways, so many times,' he told MailOnline.

'Who accused me of it, did she accuse me of it, the police, the hospital, who accused me of it?'

'I thought when you beat someone up the police or the hospital or the person you beat up says it,' he said.