PHOTOS: Jesse James' New Life -- Inside His $2 Million Texas Mansion
July 15 2010, Published 12:30 p.m. ET
Jesse James will find out on Friday if a custody judge will green-light his proposed move to Texas with his daughter Sunny , and Breaking Celebrity News has obtained photographs of the $2 million luxury home that awaits them.
James – who is currently battling with ex-wife Janine Lindemulder for custody of the six-year-old in California – has already splashed-out on the five bedrooms home which sits on 8 acres of land.
The mansion in Austin is only 15 miles away from where his ex-wife Sandra Bullock also owns a house, while his second wife Karla (with whom he has two children Chandler and Jesse Jr.) has bought a new property just a mile away too.
During Wednesday's custody hearing, James told Orange County Court that he had bought the secluded hillside property so that he could protect his family from the paparazzi who have stalked him since his marriage to Bullock imploded.
He told the court: “It is a very private estate - my current place in Sunset Beach is too small for my kids and our dogs.
“My ex-wife Karla has bought another place about 1 mile away and we have enrolled our three kids in the nearby Waldorf School.
“Our new place is about 15 miles away from where Sandy has a property as the Crowe flies - but about 30 miles by actual road.
“Sandy and I have never had any problems in Austin it is not such a media hotbed as Los Angeles or Orange County.”