LONDON, July 22, 2008
"Batman" Out On Bail After Assault Arrest
Actor's Mother, Sister, Called Cops Over London Hotel Incident
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The 34-year-old actor spent four hours at a London police station before being released on bail.
A statement from Bale's London-based law firm Schillings said Bale denies the allegation.
"Christian Bale attended a London police station today on a voluntary basis. Bale, who denies the allegation, cooperated throughout, gave his account in full of the events in question, and has left the station without any charge being made against him by the police," it said.
British media had reported that Bale's mother and sister complained he had assaulted them at the Dorchester Hotel in London on Sunday night, a day before the European premiere of his latest film, "The Dark Knight."
The Sun newspaper said police did not question the actor Monday because they did not want to interfere with the premiere of the movie.
Asked Tuesday whether Bale had been arrested, a London police spokesman did not refer to him by name but said: "A 34-year-old man attended a central London police station this morning by appointment and was arrested in connection with an allegation of assault."
The spokesman spoke on condition of anonymity because force policy did not authorize him to be identified. British police do not name suspects before they are formally charged.
The force later said in a statement that the man had been released on bail pending further inquiries and told to return in September. It did not specify the date.
Bale's sister Sharon told reporters "it's a family matter" from her home in Corfe Mullen, 110 miles southwest of London.
A man who answered the door at the home of his mother, Jenny Bale, in nearby Bournemouth said she did not want to comment.
U.S.-based representatives for Bale didn't immediately return messages seeking comment. Repeated phone calls to Bale's London representative went unanswered.
Wales-born Bale first made a splash as the child star of Steven Spielberg's "Empire of the Sun" in 1987. His screen credits also include "American Psycho," "The Machinist" and "Batman Begins."
In "The Dark Knight," Bale reprises the role of wealthy playboy Bruce Wayne and his crime-fighting alter-ego Batman, a brooding vigilante superhero still scarred by the murder of his parents.
The Warner Bros. film, which stars the late Heath Ledger as Batman's nemesis The Joker, took in a record $158.4 million at the box office in its opening weekend in the U.S. last week.
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See all 57 CommentsTEEHEE,TEEHEE
God had nothing to do with this. He was busy trying to figure out how to punish you for being such an IDIOT and always using his name for stuff and things.
He''s still a hottie though. 8-) (unless the allegations are true, you can''t beat family members and remain a hottie in my book)
Posted by XmanBorg
At the sister''s bat-mitzvah.
couldn''t resist that one, sorry...
...Assault and BAT-tery?
What Battiness is this?
Posted by rosesnpearls
Really, why report this before knowing the full story? It''s like they get off on making premature allegations to get people worked up.
was it assault or
assault and BATtery?
IF it is all true he did
a very bat thing.
Quit trying to take a holier-than-thou attitude about something that is a family and personal tragedy. I''d be a lot more likely to assign the blame to method acting and the effect of months of living the role of a violent character on the psyche than on his politics.
Even if his female family members were the harridans you suggest, that still wouldn''t justify physical violence against them. The British police wouldn''t have charged him if there weren''t some evidence to substantiate the charge.
Posted by hypnotoad72
To the contrary, his actions are VERY Christian!
Glad to see the police have their priorities in order. Geez!
By the way, the FBI agent in the assault with the New Orleans Police of a black man was never implicated.
By the way, the FBI agent in the assault with the New Orleans Police of a black man was never implicated.
Posted by flreason
in britain, assault can be verbal---and, he hasn''t been charged with anything. apparently, in england they arrest people prior to questioning...very peculiar, and it certainly gives an implication of guilt before there is even any proof that a crime has been committed.
And by the way, flreason, the British police can and do charge based on nothing but complaint (it wouldn''t have even had to be a family member), which is the reason, pjh822, for the police''s "priorities."
CBS and various posters: critical thinking is your friend.
than what are you calling the police for?
Good thing Robin had some Bat Cash
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