Jesse James' Ex-Wife Had "Emotional And Belittling Conversation With Sandra Bullock," She Tells Court
July 12 2010, Published 4:59 a.m. ET
Oscar winner Sandra Bullock’s name got dragged into the ongoing bitter custody battle between Jesse James and his ex-wife Janine Lindemulder on Monday as the feuding pair fell into a legal stalemate.
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Lindemulder told the court that she had an emotional and belittling telephone conversation with Sandra Bullock while she was confined to a halfway house in Oregon. Distraught Lindemulder visibly shook as she spoke of the upsetting call, which came after James and Lindemulder’s six-year-old daughter, Sunny, put Sandra on the phone to speak with her mom.
The rocky relationship between the Oscar winner and the former [expletive] star was emphasized earlier in the day when Sunny’s teacher testified that both Bullock and James made negative comments about Janine.
Alex Bon, a pre-kindergarten teacher of Sunny at Carden Academy in Huntington Beach, California, said: “Both Miss Bullock and Mr. James made derogatory comments. Sunny looked in shock.”
Bon went on to reveal details of the relationship between Janine and her daughter. “Janine Lindemulder was very loving towards Sunny and her daughter was always running to her arms when she saw her,” said Bon. Miss Bon also testified that staff at the school were instructed not to send Sunny’s artwork to Lindemulder while she was in jail.
Whether James trails Bullock to Texas has been an ongoing issue in the case. Earlier the motorbike mogul testified that he was moving to Austin to escape the paparazzi and because his home was more secluded there. He said, “Sandy and I have never had any problems in Austin