Well, Mel B.’s new man must have put it on her something terrible. Musta. Why else would she — a celebrity (read: stalker magnet) — secretly marry a convicted wife beater? Um, perhaps a background check was in order there, Scary.

That’s not all folks. Stephen Belafonte, a 32-year-old film producer, pled guilty to vandalism and, get this, was sued for $254 a month of child support by the mother of his 3-year-old daughter. Was she looking for someone like Eddie?

According to court papers, Mel’s new hubby was charged with battery in the assault of his commonlaw wife Nicole Contreras at their home in 2003. Instead of going to jail, he enter a “Domestic Violence Batterers Program,” but was thrown out because he skipped two classes. At least he’s trying to change.

The Spice Girl’s buddies say she was shocked to hear about her husband’s checkered past, but decided to go into their new union “with her eyes open,” a source told London’s Daily Mail. Or, she could of not married him? What do y’all think? I’m thinking, while Eddie Murphy has truly shown his caddish colors (knockin’ up Mel, dumping her and dissing the child by not even sending a diaper genie), Scary Spice should check her choices in men. What in blue blazes is she doing? Hit me back with at least one cent.