Why Mel B was ordered to take random drug and alcohol tests

Former Spice Girl must also undergo ‘full-scale custody evaluation’ following allegations by nanny

Mel B
The singer, real name Melanie Brown, at a press event in California in May
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Former Spice Girl Mel B has been ordered by a judge to submit to four months of drug and alcohol testing, under the terms of a custody arrangement with her ex-husband.

The singer, real name Melanie Brown, has been embroiled in a bitter legal battle with Stephen Belafonte over their seven-year-old daughter, Madison. Yesterday Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark Juhas demanded a “full-scale custody evaluation” of Brown, after she was “accused by a former childminder on Friday of putting her children at risk through her drinking”, Sky News reports.

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