In today’s world, we have a lot of film producers who know their onions but aren’t yet in the spotlight in Hollywood. Among them is Stephen Stansbury, best known as Stephen Belafonte. He is a successful American actor, filmmaker, producer and director notable for films like Thank You For Smoking, Sister, Singing Office and many others.
Aside from his burgeoning film career, Belafonte also became well-known for other reasons that affected his married life. The multi-talented film producer has two high-profile divorces, one involving a former pop star and X Factor judge, Melanie Brown, popularly known as Mel B, who was linked to the X Factor show and accused Stephen of hitting her and getting her nanny pregnant to become.
Bio – Who is Stephen Belafonte?
Stephen Belafonte’s original name was StephenStansbury was born on May 18, 1975 in Los Angeles, California, United States. He is an American citizen and identifies as Caucasian based on his ethnicity. Stansbury changed his birth name to Stephen Belafonte at age 18, perhaps to gain more acceptance in Hollywood as the rumored son of The Banana Boat Song singer Harry Belafonte. It was his ex-wife Mel B who revealed this in their divorce filing.
He attended Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California, where he received his bachelor’s degree. Stephen began his acting career at a young age and revealed that he had gained a lot of experience in the film industry which led him to start his own film production company called Remacy. He has worked on films such as Thank You for Smoking (as Associate Producer), Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans and several others. His success as a producer increased when he began a relationship with Melanie Brown.
Stephen Belafonte net worth is estimatedabout $5 000 000 which he earns from movies and film productions. However, it is believed that his fortune will only increase as his ex-wife Melanie Brown settled him with more than $8.3 million after their divorce.
Family – parents and grandfather
His parents are Sheryl Stansbury and Thomas Stansbury. Not much is known about Stephen Belafonte’s 6 siblings, except that he has an older brother named Jeremiah Stansbury.
No record of his grandfather has been noted, but it is believed that Stephen Belafonte is not related to legendary human rights activist and superstar actor Harry Belafonte after his ex-wife explained why he changed his name and has remained silent ever since. Many people consider it a truism that he changed his name to Belafonte to gain popularity in the Hollywood circle.
His children, wife and divorce
Stephen Belafonte has 2 daughters, one of which is from his ex-girlfriend, ex-model and actress Nicole Contreras, with whom he dated for 6 years after splitting from his first wife Nancy Carmell, to whom he married in 1997, however, who sadly left him in 2004 and his second biological child Madison Melanie Belafonte was born to him by ex-wife Mel B.
Although Stephen Belafonte was previously married to 2 beautiful women, his marriages to both women ended in divorce. His first wife, Nancy Carmell, reportedly fled to her home in Honolulu before her marriage to the filmmaker, but no reason was given for her action. It is said she filed for a divorce from then-husband Stephen Belafonte from the safety of their hometown.
His second wife, Melanie Brown, is a multi-talent of the late music group Spice Girl, an X Factor judge, singer, actress, songwriter and television personality popularly referred to as Mel B.
Melanie Brown and Stephen started dating after they met on the set of “Talk.” In February 2007, until June 6 of the same year, the couple married in Las Vagas, but renewed their vows in November 2008 in Egypt. Thereafter, Stephen Belafonte promised his wife a diamond ring for every three years that she resided with him in marriage.
Five years after their marriage on September 1, 2011 their daughter Madison Brown Belafonte was born, she would be Mel B’s third child while she is Stephen Belafonte’s second child. Madison Belafonte was showered with love by her parents from birth, but over time things fell apart for the couple when the scary Spice showed up on the X Factor with bruises on her face allegedly inflicted by her husband. Subsequently, Mel B separated from Stephen in 2016, while she filed for divorce from him in March 2017.
The divorce was very traumatic and acrimonious at its core as there were back and forth allegations; Approximately 64 (sixty four) sex tapes, abuse, excessive drug use by Mel B, endangerment of her child, emotional raids, physical violence, infidelity and impregnation of her nanny Lorraine Giles by Stephen. However, the court ruled that Mel B should pay Stephen Belafonte’s spousal support for 3 years at a monthly rate of approximately $30,500 including legal fees and proceeds from their home after the divorce was approved.
Their divorce was finalized in December 2017 with a confidential agreement. Since then, both have continued their individual lives with 1.80 tall Stephen, who is said to be dating TV presenter and fashion designer Jessica Rich, while Mel B released her second book, which is all about her marriage and divorce, by Stephen Belafonte.
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