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Jesse James’ father and stepmother are denying his claims that he was abused as a child — but the motorcycle mogul’s sister says the abuse was real.
James told ABC News that his father abused him as a child, causing lasting damage that helped fuel the demise of his marriage with Sandra Bullock. But Larry James, his father, and Janina Coan, his former stepmother, say he is lying to blame someone else for his problems. “I would have died before I would have hurt (my children),” Larry James said, according to Radar Online. “(Jesse) was a fantastic kid. We did everything together. He was the apple of my eye … I think he made these allegations because he’s told so many lies for so many years about his childhood.”
Coan agrees, claiming any injuries Jesse suffered as a child were from his involvement in motorcross. “[Larry] loved Jesse to death and would brag about him all the time,” Coan said.
Meanwhile, Jesse James’ sister Julie England supports the allegations, according to an interview with TMZ. “[My father] was very abusive to my mom and us when we were growing up,” she said.
Jesse James claims he was “petrified” of his father. “It wasn’t so much getting the (expletive) beat out of me or getting my arm broken or getting kicked or whatever or punched, it was the in-between time. It was the fear of that happening again.”
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It’s everybody’s fault but Jesse’s. How does someone kicking your ass (if it did happen) cause you to commit adultery. He was happy as a hog makin’bacon, now Sandra’s gone and he’s just a pig. NO pity from me.
what a d–k! man-up, boy!
Whether he was abused or not, he needs a lof of psychological help. Many times abused children become abusing adults..All women should stay away from him until he gets his issues resolved. I’m glad Sandra was strong enough to leave him.
This guy needs to just disappear. No one is interested in him anymore
It is sad he had affairs that are causing the end of a very good marriage. That being said, there are some of us, with violent and angry parents, that try not to remember why we are “not whole” to be involved in functional relationships. Or to stay in functional relationships.
His problems with Sandra Bullock were denial of his marriage vows. I doubt you could carry that much rage for that long into multiple partner adultery against Bullock.