Obsessed fan 'tried to run over Bullock's husband'

A woman obsessed with Sandra Bullock tried to run over the star's husband in a confrontation outside the couple’s California home, authorities said.

Marcia Diana Valentine, 45, of Huntington Beach, tried to run over Jesse James, host of US TV programme Monster Garage, with her silver Mercedes after Bullock asked her to leave their home on Sunday, said Jim Amormino, an Orange County sheriff’s spokesman.

“She jumped in the car, put it in reverse and accelerated in his direction,” Amormino said yesterday. “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 had been at the celebrity couple’s home. On several other occasions, Bullock and James had found Valentine lying in front of their garage door, Amormino said. Valentine was arrested on Monday for investigation of assault with a deadly weapon.

She was released after posting $25,000 (€18,000) bail.

A court hearing was scheduled for May 22.