Police: Fan Tried To Run Down Jesse James
Sandra Bullock Fan Arrested After Allegedly Trying To Run Over Her Husband
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(AP) A woman who authorities say is obsessed with Sandra Bullock was arrested after she allegedly tried to run over the actress' husband in a confrontation outside the couple's home.
Marcia Diana Valentine, 45, of Huntington Beach tried to run over Jesse James, host of "Monster Garage," with her silver Mercedes after Bullock asked her to leave the couple's home on Sunday, Jim Amormino, an Orange County sheriff's spokesman, said Thursday.
"She jumped in the car, put it in reverse and accelerated in his direction," Amormino said. "She attempted to hit him three or four times."
James was not injured, and Valentine fled before authorities arrived, he said.
Authorities said it was not the first time Valentine showed up at the celebrity couple's home. On several occasions, Bullock and James had found Valentine lying in front of their garage door, Amormino said.
Valentine was arrested Monday for investigation of assault with a deadly weapon. She was released after posting $25,000 bail. A court hearing was scheduled for May 22, and formal charges were pending, said Farrah Emami, spokeswoman for the Orange County district attorney's office.
"Both Jesse James and Sandra Bullock are fine, and it is now in the hands of authorities," said Cheryl Maisel, Bullock's publicist.
Valentine could not be reached for comment. It was not immediately known whether she had hired an attorney.
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Why is she allowed to bail out and walk that streets among sane people?
I think she needs to kill someone first. LOL
I just hope the cops keep an eye on her so she doesn't go back to their home to try & do them harm for the arrest. If I were in their shoes, fans showing up outside my home would totally creep me out!
When actors aren't on the small or big screen & are just going about their own day to day bussiness, I personally think, folks should leave them alone. I mean it's just their JOB to act. It's not their job to entertain us when they are at their home trying to just get thru the day! Folks who get actors screen life mixed up with their real life need therapy.....maybe INPATIENT therapy! *LOL*
Stay safe Sandy & Jesse & God bless :)
Why do things like this make the news? Actors and celebrities are NOT gods - so why does society make them out to be? They're normal people like everyone else, they just happen to have a quality in them that people pay millions of dollars to see on television or a movie screen.
Get a life.