Eddie Murphy can’t seem to catch a break these days. First his wedding ceremony with Tracey Edmonds on an island near Bora Bora was considered invalid under French law. Then they broke up only a few short weeks after returning to the U.S.

Now there’s word going around that Spice Girl Mel B (Melanie Brown), with whom he was proven to have fathered a child, is demanding a US$9M house in Malibu as well as living expenses for 18 years. Oh, and she supposedly told him she was using some sort of contraption to prevent pregnancy but she somehow still got pregnant even though they apparently only had sex three times.

Mel B must really need the money because after the Spice Girls cancelled some important dates in their reunion tour due to lack of ticket sales, she put her black Mercedes up for sale. Maybe Britney can lend her one, since Miss Toxic is buying a second Mercedes.