London
(ANI):
Brigitte
Daguerre,
the
Los
Angeles-based
photographer
who
claimed
she
was
the
third
woman
to
have
a
sexual
relationship
with
Jesse
James
while
he
was
married
to
Sandra
Bullock,
has
now
said
that
she
and
the
TV
host
were
just
friends.
In
a
statement
released
online,
she
says,
"I
was
not
his
mistress.
We
were
friends.
This
thing
has
been
blown
(way)
out
of
proportion
and
I
wanna
be
left
alone." The
photog
had
earlier
claimed
that
that
three
years
into
his
marriage
with
Bullock,
James
hired
her
in
2008
to
do
styling
work
for
a
West
Coast
Choppers
photo
shoot,
reports
The
Daily
Express.
Daguerre
says
the
two
emailed
and
texted
each
other
for
a
year.
Daguerre
also
told
TMZ
that
the
two
had
sex
four
times
before
she
cut
the
affair
off.
The
claims
came
after
a
second
woman,
Melissa
Smith,
dished
that
she,
too,
had
an
affair
with
the
reality
TV
star.
The
entire
media
firestorm
first
started
when
reports
surfaced
of
James
having
an
alleged
11-month
affair
with
tattoo
model
Michelle
"Bombshell"
McGee.