Ekuqaleni kuka-Ephreli, le nkampani yabezindaba yashicilela izindaba ezithi i-soloist yeqembu elidumile lokucula, uSpice Girls Melanie Brown, liphikisana no-Lorraine Gilles. Umenzi wobugebengu wamdinga ukuba afinyelele ephephile kubantwana, lapho agcina khona amaqiniso ama-Brown namavidiyo ama-Brown. Kodwa-ke, le ntombazane ayizange ithule, kanti ngolunye usuku lwafaka isicelo sokuphikisa ngokumelene noMelanie esigunyazeni sezomthetho.
Iqembu lobulili nokucela ukuphuza utshwala
Ngemuva kokuba icala lifakwe, uLorraine wanquma ukuhlangana nezintatheli ukuze ziphawule ngalesi simo. Le ntombazane nommeli wakhe bathi izinsolo zikaBrown aziyona nje into ekhuluma ngayo. UGilles uphikisana ngokuphelele konke okumangalelwa ekhelini lakhe futhi ugcizelela inguqulo ehluke kakhulu yokuthuthukiswa kwezenzakalo. Yilokho umhlengikazi owayengumhlengikazi esho kuzintatheli:
"Ngokwesitatimende esivezwa uBrown, nginguwesifazane owonakele, umhlukumezi ophule umcengezi wakhe noSteven Belafonte, kanye no-blackmailer. Eqinisweni, konke kuhluke kakhulu. Abangashadile babekade bephikelela ukuthi ngiya ocansini nabo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uBrown wayethanda kakhulu kangangokuthi wadubula okwakwenzeka ekhamera. "
Ngemva kwalokho, uLorraine uthe amazwi ambalwa nokuthi waphoqeleka ukuphuza utshwala:
"Ngisanda kuba izingane, uBrown noBelafonte baqala ukunginika utshwala. Ngaleso sikhathi, ngangineminyaka engu-18 nje kuphela, kodwa uMelanie noStephen bathi babezophuza emndenini wabo futhi bangathanda nami ukuba ngiphuze utshwala. "
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Ingane yayingaveli ku-Belafonte
Ngemva kokuba uMelanie noStephen baqale isehlukaniso, cishe nsuku zonke imininingwane emisha yedrama ibonakala kumaphephandaba. Ngakho, omunye wabo wayekhathazekile ngokukhulelwa kukaLorraine, okwaphela ekukhipha isisu. Yilokho okushiwo yi-ex-nanny ngalokhu:
"Ngonyaka ka-2014, ngisakhulelwe, kodwa uyise walo mntwana akayena uBelafonte, ngokusho kukaBrown, kodwa umngane wami, enganginomlando owedlule. UMelanie wangisiza ngokukhipha isisu, kodwa hhayi ngenxa yokuthi ngifuna ukufihla leli qiniso emaphephandabeni, kodwa ngenxa yokuthi ngilungiselele njengomfana, futhi wayengafuni ukufuna entsha. Ngamukele usizo kumculi, ngoba ngangingeke ngilungele umama. "
Ukwahlulela ngalokho uLorraine akushoyo, isehlukaniso sikaBelafonte noBrown, lapho iningi lezingane ezineminyaka engu-15 ubudala libhekwa khona, liba mnandi futhi lithakazelise nsuku zonke. Ukusuka kolwazi lwangaphakathi lwaziwa ukuthi ummeli uGilles usuvele uthumele ezithombeni zenkantolo kanye nezinto zokwaziswa ezingakhanjiswanga ngaphambilini enkantolo.