Sandra Bullock moves back to pre-marital home

Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock - who has been left devastated by allegations husband Jesse James cheated on her with at least four other women - left the house she shared with her spouse of almost five years earlier this month and is now hiding out at the Hollywood Hills property she purchased in 2001.

A friend said: "She is here."

Since returning to the property, Bullock has been inundated with visitors who want to show her their support.

A neighbour said: "There has been a lot of activity at the house. There have been a few cars going in and out of her gate and people going in there in the last few days. There has been more activity here in the last week than in the last year. It's usually very quiet here."

Sandra, 45, bought the property for around US$1.48 million (NZ$2m) and although she moved in with James in nearby Sunset Beach, she kept the house.

A source told RadarOnline.com: "She loves the house. That's why she never sold it. It's a pretty big property and it's private."

Until last week, Bullock had been in her hometown of Austin, Texas, where she was being comforted by friends and family.

Friends don't think her marriage to Jesse - who allegedly had flings with tattoo model Michelle 'Bombshell' McGee, stripper Melissa Smith, photographer Brigitte Daguerre and an unnamed mistress who is represented by high-powered lawyer Gloria Allred - will now be able to survive.

One pal said: "She's beyond upset... and she has every right to be. She was on top of the world with her Oscar victory and now this. It's such a difficult thing to deal with. How can their marriage survive this?"

Meanwhile, McGee's father has defended her for sleeping with James.

Denny McGee, a barber, claims his daughter was assured by James that he had split from his wife when they embarked on their alleged 11-month relationship.

Mr McGee said: "The truth of the matter is, going into this whole thing with Jesse James, Michelle was single, and she was under the assumption that Jesse was single. As far as I'm concerned, they were two single people going out with each other, and there's nothing wrong with that."

He also told how his 32-year-old daughter was furious when she saw Jesse and Sandra attending the Oscars together earlier this month, where Bullock, 45, picked up the gong for Best Actress for her role in American Football drama The Blind Side - prompting McGee to sell her story to In Touch Weekly magazine.

Mr McGee added to news channel Fox8: "She was under the impression they weren't seeing each other. She felt betrayed. She felt like she was going to have a relationship and this happened and she was mad.

"I don't think they're on speaking terms right now. She's more or less taking up her own business right now, and she's not really concerned about Jesse and Sandra."

McGee was reportedly paid US$30,000 for her revelations and has not since been in contact with James, 40.

Neither McGee nor Bullock have made a public statement.

James has told of his desperation for his wife of five years to forgive him, and also said: "I deserve everything bad that is coming my way."

- BANG! SHOWBIZ