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Jesse James wins custody battle for eight-year-old daughter Sunny

Jesse James, ex-husband of Sandra Bullock, was awarded physical custody of his eight-year-old daughter with former porn star Janine Lindemulder Tuesday, when a California family court attorney ruled James could take Sunny to live with him in Texas, TMZ reported.

James had been embroiled in an bitter custody battle with ex-wife Lindemulder, who had previously surrendered custody of their daughter when she spent six months in a federal prison on tax evasion charges.

Since her release from prison in July 2009, Lindemulder has been fighting to regain custody of the child.

While James’ victory will allow him to move with his daughter to Texas, Lindemulder won custody of the child over the summer.

“I’ll move, I’ll move!” she screamed after the ruling was handed down Tuesday.

During the custody hearings in Orange County, Calif., that dragged on for two months, James and Lindemulder repeatedly attacked each other’s parenting skills.

James, CEO of motorcycle firm West Coast Choppers, claimed that during a phone conversation with Lindemulder, she said she was on strong anti-depressants, RadarOnline reported.

The website reported that Lindemulder’s lawyer Richard Masson said James did not take her calls or comply with court-ordered visits.

James’ lawyer John Schilling accused Lindemulder of losing Sunny in a waterpark for over an hour, and he criticized her past as a porn star, felon, and drug addict, the celebrity website reported.

Lindemulder said she feared James would tamper with her food so that she would fail drug tests. Masson also accused James of allowing her only eight visitation days with Sunny when she was legally granted 15.

Oscar-winner Bullock, once embroiled in the custody battle, was reportedly very fond of James’ three children by his two previous marriages and was often photographed hand-in-hand with the youngest, Sunny.

Bullock and James were in the beginning stages of adopting a child together when allegations of James’ infidelity broke up their marriage earlier in 2010.

“The Blind Side” actress relocated to Texas in March and went through the adoption process as a single parent. She is now the mother of baby son, Louis Bardo Bullock.