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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Ben Beaumont-Thomas

Mel B accuses 'sick, dangerous' person of slashing her car tyres

Mel B, appearing on ITV’s Loose Women earlier this month.
Mel B appearing on ITV’s Loose Women earlier this month. Photograph: S Meddle/ITV/Rex/Shutterstock

The singer Mel B has accused an unnamed person of slashing the tyres of her car, the second such incident this year.

Posting images of the damaged tyre on Instagram, the Spice Girls star wrote: “What dangerous sick person would do that to a mother who uses her car to drive her kids to school and back … when I took off my tyre to change it, to my shock there were exactly 33 small knife slashes and 2 huge knife slashes all on the inside of the tyre.” She described the incident as “frightening on a different level”.

The incident comes after a post she made in February, again accompanying a picture of a punctured tyre, writing: “I wake up to do my school run, and wow, my Range Rover tyres are slashed and you don’t think I know who you are”.

The singer and TV presenter recently announced that she was entering rehab for alcohol and sex addiction following her divorce from the film producer Stephen Belafonte. She said her addiction issues surfaced after an “unbelievably traumatic” period while she worked on an autobiography, “reliving an emotionally abusive relationship and confronting so many massive issues in my life”.

Last week she reunited with her Spice Girls bandmates, minus Victoria Beckham, to announce a six-date stadium tour for summer 2019.

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