'Disgusting and untrue': Mel B's husband Stephen Belafonte speaks out after fans wildly 告発する／非難する him of hitting wife に引き続いて her bruised 外見 on X Factor

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憶測: テレビ視聴者s commented on what looked like scratch 示すs on the former Spice Girl's 武器 and shoulder (circled above)

Mel B's husband has slammed 憶測 that he was 責任がある her scratched and bruised 外見 on The X Factor 裁判官 on Sunday.

The 裁判官 （機の）カム 支援する for the show's live final after 存在 認める 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 原因（となる）d her to 行方不明になる Saturday's episode of the show.

But 関心d テレビ視聴者s pointed out that she appeared to have 'a swollen 直面する', a bruise on her cheek and scratches on her upper 武器.

And many fans were quick to 推測する that Stephen Belafonte, her husba nd of seven years, was 伴う／関わるd as Mel wasn't wearing her wedding （犯罪の）一味 on Sunday night.

Within minutes of the show starting, Twitter was inundated with 驚くべき／特命の／臨時の 憶測 over whether she could have been the 支配する of a physical attack from Belafonte.

Luke Robinson wrote: 'So Mel B was APPARENTLY beaten up by her husband that's why she couldn't make it last night. Hense the bruise on cheek and no wedding （犯罪の）一味.'

Tom Stoneman tweeted: 'Mel B's got a 井戸／弁護士席 iffy bruise on her cheek, scratches on the 最高の，を越す of her 武器 and no wedding （犯罪の）一味.... #xfactor.

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Katy Perry Cherry wrote: 'hope it's not true about Mel B! just seems a bit 半端物 how her "wedding （犯罪の）一味 was stolen in hospital" and she's got a bruise on her cheek..'

Tim Jones 追加するd: 'Not one to spread 噂するs but Mel B doesn't have a wedding （犯罪の）一味 and is 冒険的な a nice bruise on her cheek #justsaying.'

And on Monday morning a furious Stephen, 39, 攻撃する，衝突する 支援する, 説: 'I don't usually 答える／応じる to Twitter ms gs but I will 答える／応じる to comments of hitting my wife which I think are やめる disgusting un true!

'Mel was very ill a bunch of doctors helped her get better if fans can't just relax B4 存在 消極的な they r not real fans of @OfficialMelB.'?

'Disgusting': Stephen Belefonte took to Twitter to 激突する 憶測 that he had 攻撃する，衝突する his wife after she appeared on X Factor with what appeared to be bruises and scratches?

Furious: Stephen 直接／まっすぐに 演説（する）／住所d 憶測 from fans on Twitter that he was 責任がある his wife's bruised 外見

Not everyone linked Mel's 外見 to Stephen but many pointed out that she appeared to be bruised and questioned what had happened.?

略奪する Saunders tweeted: 'Mel B has surely been 強襲，強姦d? Make-up doesn't hide bruising 井戸／弁護士席. Her left 注目する，もくろむ looks dodgy. Scratches on her upper 武器. Perhaps I'm wrong.'?

Rikki Tomasik 追加するd: 'Is it just me that thinks Mel B has been punched in the 直面する? 明確に has a puffy 注目する，もくろむ and a 抱擁する bruise on her cheek!'

And Trish Preston commented: '現実に worried about Mel B's wellbeing ? she looks really unwell. Nothing is 価値（がある） sacrificing one's health for.'?

Another said: 'Something tells me there's still a lot more to come out of this Mel B story.'?

No wedding （犯罪の）一味: Mel's 外見 along with her 欠如（する） of wedding （犯罪の）一味 led to fans 推測するing that Stephen was 伴う／関わるd with her hospital stay, something he quickly 否定するd on Twitter?

Swollen? Some テレビ視聴者s said that Mel B's left cheek looked bruised during the X Factor final on Sunday night

Bruised? Fans took to Twitter during X Factor on Sunday to （人命などを）奪う，主張する that Mel's 直面する look suspiciously bruised?

Mystery: 憶測 about Mel's 外見 （機の）カム まっただ中に a 深くするing mystery over her hospital dash

As the programme started last night, Mel B referred to her absence on Saturday, 説: 'I really 行方不明になるd 存在 here but thanks to all the doctors and nurses who took care of me and got me here tonight.'

Asked by host Dermot O'Leary if she was feeling better, she said: 'Yes ? ish.' But テレビ視聴者s 主張するd the 普通は forthright 星／主役にする was 'not herself' throughout her 外見 on the show. It was 報告（する）／憶測d yesterday that she may have had a serious stomach ulcer.?

It （機の）カム まっただ中に a 深くするing mystery over her hospital dash.

Her estranged mother Andrea and sister Danielle （人命などを）奪う，主張するd they had been told 'lies' about her 条件 and kept in the dark about where she was.

Yet X Factor 生産者s had been given enough notice to line up a high-profile 交替／補充 in the 形態／調整 of Tulisa Contostavlos for Saturday's show.

Not herself: テレビ視聴者s 主張するd the 普通は forthright 星／主役にする was 'not herself' throughout her 外見 on the show.

She's 支援する:?The 裁判官 （機の）カム 支援する for the show's live final after 存在 認める to hospital in agony on Thursday night

Agony: Mel was 報道によれば 急ぐd to hospital in agony on Thursday but was 解放（する）d in time for Sunday's final?

Earlier yesterday Mrs Brown had said she would travel from her home in 物陰／風下d to London as soon as possible to find out the truth about her daughter.

'I'm not going to leave until I find her,' she said.?

'This whole thing has been hell for me. I have to know the truth and check that my daughter is 承認する.'

Earlier, the 58-year-old had written in an emotional 爆発 on Twitter: 'Mothers worse nightmare to hear ur daughters 本気で ill in hospital and not know where to go!!'

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Not 正確に／まさに 納得させるing:?Asked by host Dermot O'Leary if she was feeling better, Mel said: 'Yes ? ish'

Support: Mel put on a 勇敢に立ち向かう 直面する as she 攻撃する，衝突する the 行う／開催する／段階 with Louis Walsh but those watching 主張するd something was up

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Danielle retweeted the message, before 地位，任命するing herself: 'This is ridiculous and cruel !!! Evil ! How can NO one tell me and my family where my sister is and what is going on?'?

She later wrote a message to X Factor boss Simon Cowell, asking: 'Can you please help? Or who can we 接触する?'

And she messaged Mel B's husband Stephen, 説: 'You told me and my mum yesterday she is 罰金 and not in hospital ... and now you say she is sick but ok Where is my sister?'

Mrs Brown and Danielle are not believed to have spoken to Mel B since she 新たにするd her wedding 公約するs with film 生産者 Mr Belafonte in 2008.

MEL B's HUSBAND STEPHEN BELAFONTE?

Mel B and Stephen met and married within a few months in 2007

Stephen Belafonte, 39, is an American director and 生産者 whose credits 含む Thank You for Smoking (2005), Bad 中尉／大尉／警部補: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) and Mutant Chronicles (2008).

He married Nancy Carmell in 1997 and they 離婚d two years later.?

He also has daughter Giselle Belafonte with former girlfriend Nicole Contreras.

The Hollywood-born 生産者 began dating former Spice Girl Mel B in February 2007 and the pair tied the knot in a secret cereomy in Las Vegas just four months later.

They 新たにするd their 公約するs in November 2008 in Egypt but it was 影を投げかけるd by a 列／漕ぐ／騒動 with Mel's family after her mother Andrea questioned whether Stephen would get on with 不死鳥／絶品 Chi (now 15), Mel's daughter from her first marriage to Jimmy Gulzar.

Mel hasn't spoken to her mother, sister Danielle or father ツバメ in years but she and Stephen have been going strong since their 2007 marriage.

They welcomed daughter Madison Brown Belafonte in 2011 and also raise Mel's daughter Angel (born in 2007), whose father is Eddie Murphy.

Putting on a 勇敢に立ち向かう 直面する: Mel 株d a laugh with Keith Lemon although what looked like a 示す could be 明確に seen on her 権利 arm?

Tight-lipped: Mel has not 直接／まっすぐに 演説（する）／住所d any of the 憶測 about her 外見 on the show

Distraction: One 使用者 on Twitter commented that Cheryl's 劇の 注目する，もくろむ make-up was ーするために distract from Mel's 外見?

On Thursday Mel B 苦しむd stomach 苦痛s after leaving her West London home for rehearsals.

A source told The Sun on Sunday: 'Mel seemed 承認する when she first got into the car but during the 旅行 it 徐々に became （疑いを）晴らす something was very wrong.

'She was complaining about stomach 苦痛s that seemed to grow worse and worse, until she was in agony. She was crying out.

'Mel was in so much 苦痛 that the driver 急ぐd her straight to hospital. It was a terrifying episode ? he had no idea if Mel was going to be 承認する or not. He's been the one constant at her 味方する ever since.'

Last night テレビ視聴者s saw Ben Haenow, a 29-year-old 先頭 driver from Croydon, South London, （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Fleur East to 勝利，勝つ X Factor.

Mel B's sister Danielle Brown was so worried about her sister on Sunday that she 開始する，打ち上げるd an astonishing 控訴，上告 for （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） on Twitter. Her 地位，任命するs have since been 削除するd?

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