MEL B: Married with Children

By Karu F. Daniels, AOL Black Voices

Mel B aka Scary Spice is married Melanie Brown appears to not only be a new mother -- she's also a new wife.

Eddie Murphy's latest baby's mama, who broke her silence a few weeks ago via Essence magazine, appears to be secretly married to the handsome young lad she's been painting the town with.

According to published reports, Nevada marriage records show that the black Spice Girls diva wed Stephen Belafonte in Las Vegas in June. The couple reportedly tied the knot June 6, according to a marriage license filed in Clark County.

"Regarding the marriage, Mel and Stephen have know each other for many years and were great friends first. Now they are deeply in love. The two are very happy together," Brown's rep said in a statement.

Mel B already had an 8-year-old daughter from a previous marriage.

"He was a really good friend and good support to me during my pregnancy," she said of the music producer - who shares the same last name and charming looks as legendary entertainer and humanitarian Harry Belafonte -- during a recent interview with People magazine. "He's a really sweet guy."

Brown, professionally known as Mel B and "Scary Spice," was due to appear on 'Larry King Live' tonight but reportedly canceled because of illness.

She's been enthralled in a controversial paternity scandal with the Academy Award winning 'Beverly Hills Cop' star, who didn't readily acknowledge their daughter Angel Iris Murphy Brown.

Since it was proven that DNA results show that Murphy is, indeed, the father of the beautiful brown baby, Mel B. has become a sort of shining emblem for "wronged baby's mothers everywhere."

She told Essence that the pregnancy was "completely planned" -- and even upped the ante by hiring renowned legal eagle Gloria Allred as her attorney. Allred is like a pit-bull in Chanel.

The media attention on Brown, who says she's 32, has not affected her and Belafonte's relationship whatsoever. "We don't really play into that world," she said. "We just have our own little thing going on."

Brown has an eight-year-old daughter, Phoenix Chi, from a previous marriage.

Dejected single mom she is not.

What a way to do it, Mel.