Sandra Bullock is in
the middle of a vicious
baby battle!
The "Speed" star is
rallying behind hubby Jesse
James in his fight to win
custody of his 3-year-old
daughter Sunny from his
ex-wife, porn star Janine
Lindemulder, say sources.
But Janine is not giving
up easily - and insiders say
she blames the 42-year-old
"Miss Congeniality" beauty for
pushing Jesse to snatch Sunny
away from her.
Jesse, host of TV's "Monster
Garage," filed an emergency
child custody order against
Janine on March 15. He asked
the court to award him temporary
custody of Sunny pending
a child welfare investigation.
In court documents,
37-year-old Jesse claimed
that Sunny was scratched and
bruised when she visited him
and Sandra recently - and the
child blamed "mommy's chair"
for her injuries.
"Sunny had small scratches
and what appeared to be
broken blood vessels and a
bruise on her left cheek and
a few bruises around her left
and right eye," Jesse said in
papers filed in California's
Orange County Superior Court.
"When my wife gently asked
her if it hurt she said: 'Yes, but
the bleeding stopped.' She just
said 'mommy's chair' when we
asked how it happened."
The papers also state Janine
"was to pick her up on Saturday
afternoon but when she arrived
(an hour late), Sunny screamed
and cried she didn't want to go.
"My wife and I let Sunny stay
with us in bed Saturday night.
We didn't think she should be
alone. During the night she was
very restless and seemed to be
angry and crying off and on, but
clearly cried out: 'don't touch
me' and 'don't do that.'"
Jesse - who now has limited
custody of Sunny - says he's
willing to drop his court action
against Janine if she gives him
50 percent custody of their
daughter.
But Janine claims in court
documents that before
January, Jesse had seen his
daughter only once - on the day
she was born - and that was
only for about 30 minutes!
"Janine wants Jesse to be in
Sunny's life, but she won't give
him 50 percent custody," said a
source.
Meanwhile, Janine blames
Sandra - who wed tattooed
biker Jesse in July 2005 - for
pushing the custody issue.
"Janine doesn't have any
problems with Sandra, but she
does think it was Sandra who
convinced Jesse to take a more
active role in his daughter's
life," said the source.
As for Jesse's suit against
her, the source said: "Janine
is a loving, caring mother.
She welcomes any sort of
investigation into her household.
She has nothing to hide.
"Just because she's a porn
star people automatically assume
she's not a good mother
- and that's simply not true!"
By ALAN BUTTERFIELD
