The FBI investigated a plot to murder Sandra Bullock, orchestrated by Jesse James’ mistress, Michelle “Bombshell” McGee.
The tip came from Michelle’s ex-husband Shane Modica, with whom she is having a messy custody battle. (He photographed fridge magnets spelling “White Power” in her house. She says he staged it.)
Modica said a hitman called him by phone and warned he was about to assassinate both Modica and Bullock. The FBI eventually deemed the tip “not credible,” because hitmen capable of taking out a celebrity don’t waste their time gabbing on the phone with Shane Modica.
Also, the caller was this nutty guy in Missouri who sometimes “lose[s] sense of reality” and had several run-ins with the law.
Still, that didn’t apparently stop the FBI in Missouri from contacting their colleagues in LA – though the bureau hasn’t officially commented on the incident.