Eddie Murphy has been ordered to pay former Spice Girl Mel B, the mom of his teenage daughter, an eye-watering month-to-month sum in child support.
The 61-year-old actor, who’s the daddy of 10 kids, welcomed daughter Angel Iris Brown with Mel B, 47, in 2007.
According to paperwork filed on the singer’s behalfMailOnline, Murphy has agreed to pay a staggering AUD$54,000 in month-to-month payments.
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Lawyers for the ex-Spice Girl, actual identify Melanie Brown, stated her revenue had been “dramatically reduced” when she filed courtroom papers petitioning for the month-to-month child support fee to be elevated.
“Until recently, Melanie has been fortunate in her career to sustain a comfortable lifestyle for herself and Angel,” the submitting, reportedly obtained by MailOnline, learn.
“Unfortunately, Melanie’s income has dramatically reduced, such that she must consider modifying child support for the first time.”
Murphy, who’s described within the courtroom submitting as an “extraordinary high earner”, agreed to make the payments till Angel turns 18.
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The Doctor Dolittle star, up till lately, didn’t have a relationship together with his daughter Angel.
He additionally denied he was the daddy when Brown fell pregnant in 2006, earlier than a paternity take a look at later confirmed he was certainly the organic father.
According to studies on the time, Murphy and Brown struck a deal for him to pay $300,000 (A$471,000) a yr in child support.
Murphy and Brown met in 2006 quickly after the actor’s divorce from his ex-wife Nicole Mitchell and dated for 9 months. However, they break up earlier than Angel was born.
Brown wrote about her temporary relationship with Murphy in her 2018 memoir, Brutally Honest, the place she gushed about their romance.
“The moment I laid eyes on him it was as if a 2,000-volt electric current had passed between us,” Brown stated.
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“I felt a hundred different emotions at once, from confused to elated, to happy, to scared, to relaxed to incredulous… and everything in between.
“I felt I had recognized this man all my life and that I used to be staring my future in his face.”
The singer also described Murphy as the “nice love” of her life while promoting her memoir in 2018.
“He at all times can be,” Brown told Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan. “I imply, I’ve by no means actually spoken about it earlier than, so [in] this guide, I wished to deal with it as a result of lots of people have a misconstrued factor of how every part truly did occur.”
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