Ex-Spice Girl Brown gives birth to daughter

Melanie Brown and husband Stephen Belafonte. AP FILE PHOTO

NEW YORK—It’s a girl for singer Melanie Brown and her husband, Stephen Belafonte.

An e-mail from a representative for the former Spice Girl says the couple “welcomed their new baby girl in Los Angeles” on Thursday night.

The e-mail says “this is the first child for Brown and Belafonte and both Mom and Baby are happy, healthy and doing well.”

There were no other details.

The 36-year-old formerly known as “Scary Spice” has two older daughters.

Brown and Belafonte were married in 2007.

Belafonte is a movie producer whose credits include “Thank You for Smoking.” He has an older daughter.