Beckhams' theft shock - page 2

14-10-2008 12:01

David, 33, and Victoria, 34 - who live in Los Angeles but have flown back to the UK to deal with the incident - had employed the couple for more than 10 years.

A friend of the Beckhams said: "David and Victoria are hugely traumatised. To think they have been betrayed by people they trusted is even more upsetting."

June, 56, insists she and her 55-year-old husband are innocent.

She said: "I totally deny the allegations. This has all come as a bolt from the blue. The whole thing has taken us by surprise."

Victoria is not the only Spice Girl to have been hit with turmoil this week.

Her former bandmate Mel B was left shaken after a stranger threatened her husband Stephen Belafonte at London's Heathrow airport on Sunday (12.10.08).

The pair had flown back to the UK from Los Angeles with Mel's 14-month-old daughter Angel Iris and were being photographed by waiting paparazzi when a man reportedly threatened to kill Stephen.

An eyewitness said the male had recognised the former Spice Girl and given her a "hard time", adding: "There was a lot of pushing and she was in tears."

Mel later played down the incident, saying: "It's just one of those crazy things."