*The daughter of Eddie Murphy and Mel B has sadly been dragged into the messy divorce battle of her mother and former stepdad, Stephen Belafonte.
In his fight to get visitation rights, Mel’s ex reportedly told a Los Angeles judge that his 10-year-old stepdaughter, Angel, is all but ignored by her biological father Murphy.
He claims Angel, now 10, has always “called me ‘dad’ since she started to talk” and said he should have step-parent visitation rights because he helped raise her from birth, reports Mail Online.
But Mel is refusing to let him see her middle child, after he won joint custody of their other daughter Madison, now six.
Belafonte’s lawyer, Grace Jamra, said that Angel had been trying to reach Murphy, to discuss Belafonte’s step-parent request but to no avail. Jamra said she was told by his lawyers that Murphy is simply “not interested.”
“Mr. Murphy has had no contact with the child,” she told the court.
Jamra added that she had tried to serve Murphy with legal papers, but “Mr. Murphy is avoiding service.”
Belafonte and Mel divorced last December following a bitter, seven-month battle in which messy tales of kinky sex, drug and alcohol abuse and allegations of domestic violence made headlines.
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