Eddie Murphy has acknowledged he is the father of Melanie Brown’s young daughter, a day after the former Spice Girl took legal action to establish him as a parent.

An attorney for former Spice Girl Melanie Brown - Mel B - said today that a DNA test has shown that Eddie Murphy is the father of her four-month-old baby.

Eddie Murphy has taken a DNA test to determine whether or not he is the father of Melanie Brown’s two-month-old daughter, the former Spice Girl’s spokeswoman said today.

Former Spice Girl Melanie Brown is taking her ex-boyfriend Eddie Murphy to court to force him to take a paternity test.