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"In 2000 -- years before wedding Sandra Bullock -- Jesse James was accused of sexual harassment by a former employee, according to documents obtained by UsMagazine.com.\r\nIn a lawsuit filed Apr. 24, 2000 in Los Angeles Superior Court, former employee Deann McClung alleged James, 40, harassed her &amp;quot;on a regular basis&amp;quot; after she was hired at his West Coast Choppers bike shop in Long Beach, Calif., in April 1999.\r\nPHOTOS: Stars caught cheating\r\nShe accused James of keeping pornography around the office, making degrading comments, glancing at her and other female employees in a lewd way, sexually propositioning her, touching her without her permission and exposing his &amp;quot;sexual organ.&amp;quot;\r\nIn the suit, James&amp;apos; behavior was described as &amp;quot;malicious and was intended to oppress, humiliate, and denigrate&amp;quot; McClung &amp;quot;without justification.&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;McClung alleged James&amp;apos; insulting, embarrassing and sexual harassing ... was committed while James was acting in the capacity as the president and owner of the company.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nShe claims that she was then &amp;quot;terminated in retaliation for her complaints&amp;quot; on Jan. 19, 2000.\r\nAs a result, McClung &amp;quot;suffered and continues to suffer extreme stress, anxiety and/or depression,&amp;quot; according to the suit.\r\nShe asked for unspecified damages to make up for losing &amp;quot;substantial wages, commissions, bonuses&amp;quot; as a result of the harassment and retaliation.&amp;quot;\r\nShe also asked for damages for suffering &amp;quot;extreme and severe anguish, humiliation, emotional distress, nervousness, tension, anxiety and depression.&amp;quot;\r\nPHOTOS: Rocky post-Oscar romances\r\nThe suit was dismissed in May 2001 at the request of both parties&amp;apos; attorneys.\r\nThe suit surfaces as four women now claim to have had affairs with James while he was wed to Bullock, 45.\r\nPHOTOS: One of Jesse James&amp;apos; alleged mistresses\r\nThe new Us Weekly (on newsstands now) reports that James&amp;apos; infidelity has been an open secret among employees at his West Coast Choppers bike shop.\r\n&amp;quot;Everybody knew,&amp;quot; one source tells Us Weekly.  James would regularly post Internet ads looking for &amp;quot;hot, tattooed biker chicks with big boobs,&amp;quot; says a source.\r\nAdds another, &amp;quot;He sees their photos, answers the ads and invites the girls to his office.&amp;quot;\r\nJames has not addressed any of his alleged mistress&amp;apos; specific claims, but has publicly apologized to Bullock, 40."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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