Jul 22 2008UPDATE: Christian Bale arrested for allegedly assaulting his mother
Christian Bale was picked up by Scotland Yard this morning after his mother and sister claimed he assaulted them in his London hotel room Sunday night. Police didn't arrest Christian for questioning yesterday because of The Dark Knight premiere. Also, he's not considered a flight risk (Really? Batman?) and the cops don't quite believe the seriousness of the allegations, according to The Sun:
A source said: “It was a very difficult situation but it would have been wrong to have wrecked the premiere over a complaint which we don’t yet know is founded in truth."
It's a probably a simple matter of Christian wanting to sleep in his cape, but his mom wouldn't let him. So he hung her from the balcony by her ankle and left a note for Commissioner Gordon. Ha ha! Kids.
UPDATE: TMZ is reporting the alleged assault was most likely verbal which apparently you can get arrested for in England. Ah, those wacky Brits. Christian Bale has already been released and his reps issued the following statement: "Mr. Bale, who denies the allegation, co-operated 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. At this time, there will be no further comment by Mr. Bale."
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Reader Comments
1. A-1 - July 22, 2008 11:20 AM
First!
Holy shit!
2. sixpack - July 22, 2008 11:22 AM
You win a prize for First. You get tea bagged by Vern Troyer. Congrats!
3. Geoff - July 22, 2008 11:23 AM
He's a serious martial artist. His mom is 60. WTF? This sounds trumped up to me. Maybe his mom and sister got caught sleeping with Adam West, the original batman, and Christian flipped out?
4. The Dark and Stormy Night - July 22, 2008 11:24 AM
I'm guessing mom was sneaking out with the keys to the Batmobile and he stopped her. Bad idea, mom...
5. JC Denton - July 22, 2008 11:25 AM
This is fake. Has to be.
6. Sportsdvl - July 22, 2008 11:27 AM
So Batman is really an asshole. The Joker was right!
#2 - great post. Yes, #1 should be t-bagged for being a douche.
7. Bob - July 22, 2008 11:28 AM
Sounds like his family is looking for money.
8. Deacon Jones - July 22, 2008 11:29 AM
Man, this guy lost a shitload of mass compared to American Psycho
"That's a very expensive glass of Chardonnay you're NOT drinking there. It isn't poisoned."
9. Crazy Old Bitch - July 22, 2008 11:30 AM
If beating the shit out of my mother and sister is wrong, I don't want to be right.
10. http://webescape.wordpress.com/ - July 22, 2008 11:31 AM
Wasn't his kid there too? Domestic that got out of hand?
11. Where's Darkwing Duck? - July 22, 2008 11:33 AM
As someone with a mother and sister, I firmly believe that those bitches had it coming. He's Batman Bitch!
12. Dude - July 22, 2008 11:34 AM
"What do u mean, Joker was better than me, mom?!KAAPOWW"
13. http://www.funderoos.com - July 22, 2008 11:40 AM
patrick bateman noooooooooo!
14. HankTheDwarf - July 22, 2008 11:41 AM
LULZ
15. spindoc - July 22, 2008 11:43 AM
Somebody a little pissy because Heath Ledger is getting all the attention?
16. BigJim - July 22, 2008 11:46 AM
Bitch probably had it coming. I bet she made him eat his brussel sprouts and he just lost it.
17. May - July 22, 2008 11:47 AM
I watched a bio on him and his father left his mom in England and took him to LA so he could work on his career. Perhaps the mom and sister still feel bitter about it and proceeded to bug him about it or money or something; and they finally got a negative response from him. I am not excusing his behavior but the entire story has not come out.
18. BigJim - July 22, 2008 11:48 AM
@15:
Spindoc: you still hanging around this shithole? I took a couple years off because my therapist told me to.
19. pepperpotts - July 22, 2008 11:52 AM
If they're anything like my mom and sister, they're total bitches that made up the whole thing to jump on his gravy train. Families suck ass, especially when yours are a bunch of cock suckers like mine!
And Christian Bale is the hottest batman ever...
20. noname - July 22, 2008 11:58 AM
Isn't assault just the threat of physical violence whereas battery refers to unwanted physical contact? If so, then all he did was threaten to harm them. (Not excusing his behavior, but haven't most of us done that to various family members?)
21. Where's Darkwing Duck? - July 22, 2008 12:03 PM
@20:
Exactly, Fathers, Mothers, Sisters & Brothers are not like, Boyfriends, Girlfriends, Husbands & Wives.
Who can honestly say they have never punched their sister in the face because she's a stupid whore, or told their parents they were going to kill them in a violent explosion.
You grow up with these shitheads. You didn't choose them.
22. me - July 22, 2008 12:09 PM
U can look at this guy and tell he has an anger management problem. Movie is good but this guy looks like a freak'n douche.
23. jay - July 22, 2008 12:10 PM
Christian Bale can hit WHOEVER THE FUCK HE WANTS.
24. veggi - July 22, 2008 12:17 PM
I love this. Everybody's falling down, knocking heads in their rush to fellate everybody associated with Batman, making Heath Ledger out to be the greatest actor of his generation and Christian Bale the most humble, nicest guy, willing to step aside for Heath's legacy. It turns out - SURPRISE - Ledger was a loser druggie and unfit dad, and Bale was so good in American Psycho because he is one.
Time to stop pretending to bash while waiting desperately for a chance to suck the celebrity cock. If you can (I doubt it). I see arthritis of the knees and jaws in your futures.
25. nipolian - July 22, 2008 12:17 PM
If you look at the lack of emotion on his daughter's face in the 2nd pic.........you can tell that he has probably smacked her around plenty as well.
26. noname - July 22, 2008 12:26 PM
"If you look at the lack of emotion on his daughter's face in the 2nd pic.........you can tell that he has probably smacked her around plenty as well."
Yanno, I noticed that too. Her gaze is creepily piercing and blank. Hoping it is just a bad picture...
27. noname - July 22, 2008 12:26 PM
"If you look at the lack of emotion on his daughter's face in the 2nd pic.........you can tell that he has probably smacked her around plenty as well."
Yanno, I noticed that too. Her gaze is creepily piercing and blank. Hoping it is just a bad picture...
28. Spector - July 22, 2008 12:26 PM
I don't know what to make of this. He doesn't seem like the kinda guy to blow up like that. I guess you never know. However, this is The Sun reporting so I'll wait till I hear some reports from a reputable paper.
29. pinky_nip - July 22, 2008 12:28 PM
I wouldn't kick him out of bed for slapping my ass.
30. Victor - July 22, 2008 12:29 PM
Best part? These pictures were on TMZ-TV (the vid, actually) last night and they were going on and on about what a great guy he is. *SMACK*
31. asshat - July 22, 2008 12:40 PM
@26,27 or the daughter was pissed at all the fucking paps in her grill
32. noname - July 22, 2008 12:43 PM
"...or the daughter was pissed at all the fucking paps in her grill"
This is true.
33. washington - July 22, 2008 12:44 PM
He's The Goddamn Batman.
Also: Do you like Huey Lewis and the News?
34. Jane - July 22, 2008 12:48 PM
It's being reported that he was charged with VERBAL assault. I didn't know one could be charged with that. And what sort of mother and sister go to the police about something like this ? Bet you they're the ones who are off their rockers.
35. SaraDevil - July 22, 2008 12:50 PM
Is it wrong that I'd like to be slapped around by Christian Bale?
36. Matt - July 22, 2008 12:51 PM
He probably just scared them by talking to them in his Batman voice.
37. sportsdvl - July 22, 2008 12:51 PM
DID ANYONE CHECK OUT MY WEBSITE YET!?!?
38. sportsdvl - July 22, 2008 12:52 PM
DID ANYONE CHECK OUT MY WEBSITE?
39. Lola - July 22, 2008 12:55 PM
ROTFLMAO this is too fawkin funny.... God thank you Fish, for making my day... I'm good for the rest of the day now.... LMAO... Just classic
It's a probably a simple matter of Christian wanting to sleep in his cape, but his mom wouldn't let him. So he hung her from the balcony by her ankle and left a note for Commissioner Gordon. Ha ha! Kids
40. gerard Vandenberg - July 22, 2008 1:09 PM
hello?
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....................................THIS IS AMERICA?
41. thecynic - July 22, 2008 1:10 PM
this is all prob a set up to reinforce the "dark" element of the dark night....
42. noneyobeezwax - July 22, 2008 1:16 PM
verbal assault? christ, that's a sunday morning pre-church ritual at my house. now, you wanna see full blown assault? come to my house on christmas morning after the booze has been flowing for a couple of hours. now that's some mother fuckin assault.
43. Shady - July 22, 2008 1:23 PM
Hes Batman he could slap anyone he wants. Also I met him in Tribeca and hes actually really nice.
44. FRIST!!! - July 22, 2008 1:36 PM
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45. Ted from LA - July 22, 2008 1:45 PM
On a related note, when I was young I always wanted to see Linda Carter's breasts.
46. Ned from NJ - July 22, 2008 1:49 PM
I was keenly disappointed when I finally found naked Linda Carter pics on the internet. Of course, maybe the pictures were perfectly ok but by the time I found them I was totally hooked on "big wet asses".
47. Ned from NJ - July 22, 2008 1:50 PM
(I suppose that comment belongs more on the Kim K thread)
48. syn - July 22, 2008 1:56 PM
@ #24 -
Damn it veggi - I hate it when I agree with you. You're absolutely right on this one, though.
49. Onyx Blackman - July 22, 2008 2:10 PM
#5, you post on HornFans?
50. Jack Sparrow - July 22, 2008 2:14 PM
The batman character has really taken a slide to the toilet since the Bruce Waine days, very sad.
Junkies and dipshits - plenty of those to go around.
51. Hemlock Queen - July 22, 2008 2:23 PM
I bet money his stupid family were fighting about money. Vultures.
And who the fuck goes to the police for an argument??? I've had plenty of those in my family and we worked it out. But mine seems a tad more functional than most in this day in age. That's fucked up in itself.
(Ha ha @42!)
52. twzzlrgirl - July 22, 2008 2:25 PM
It's true that you can be arrested for a verbal altercation in the UK if the "victims" want to press charges. I personally think it's ridiculous. Given the supposed "assault" occurred on Sunday and the mom and sister went in on Monday, my guess is they weren't in (nor did they feel they were in) any danger.
I think mom and sis are looking for attention. He may not have really hurt them before, but after this........man, i'd watch my back.
53. cfr - July 22, 2008 2:26 PM
Batman Filming Caused Ledger’s Insomnia Which Led To O.D.
http://www.judiciaryreport.com/batman_beats_spiderman_by_4_million.htm
54. twzzlrgirl - July 22, 2008 2:28 PM
And the pic of the kid...meh, i've seen plenty of toddlers get that look when they're in a crowd and/or have cameras flashing in their faces.
55. jezzie - July 22, 2008 2:53 PM
There was no report of battery; although, it is totally possible that the media confused the terms or that assault in said jurisdiction means something more. But, really, whose mom goes to police after her kid mouths off? Something seems fishy about this report...
56. jokerforprez - July 22, 2008 2:57 PM
eh, ill still see TDK again. team bale.
57. bill - July 22, 2008 3:02 PM
You can actually get arrested in America for verbally abusing someone. You dont actually have to touch someone for assault, just put them in a reasonable fear of being hurt.
So, not silly british.
58. tp - July 22, 2008 3:04 PM
Christian Bale can slap me around, pull my hair, and call me dirty names any time he wants.
59. Narcissist - July 22, 2008 3:56 PM
I bet them women be crazy.
60. twzzlrgirl - July 22, 2008 4:16 PM
Bill: I'm just wondering how much these women could have been in fear of being hurt if they waited until the next day to report it.
Maybe not silly British; just silly relatives of a celebrity looking for attention.
61. Uncle Eccoli - July 22, 2008 4:21 PM
Fuck, I hate women. Sometimes I almost wish I was gay. -Almost.
62. shellibelli - July 22, 2008 4:29 PM
id still fuck him silly...............
63. shellibelli - July 22, 2008 4:29 PM
id still fuck him silly...............
64. rough daddy - July 22, 2008 4:34 PM
lol thats the funniest part of the story you can get arrest for having an arguement in england...
65. lemonheads - July 22, 2008 4:46 PM
Hey, the whole story may or may not come out, but I am not afraid to accept that Christian may be a creep, I am just more inclined at this point to think he may have a bitter mother and jealous sister with entitlement complexes who either made the story up or coerced him into a scuffle. Whatever comes of it he's still hot as fvck and is a pretty freakin good actor. Family members can bring out the worst in us all.
66. Susan B Anthony - July 22, 2008 5:34 PM
I would have been put in the slammer a lot if i lived in the uk. I have a verbal assualt issue. But maybe if so many people didnt need one. It wouldnt happen. Ive deff said things like that to my family. Probably 3 to 4 times a day. Dysfunction is a function
67. dew - July 22, 2008 6:05 PM
Having personally known very charismatic (in public) people that were actual monsters in private, I wouldn't be shocked if any actor had some kind of Jeckyll/Hyde thing going on.
Until more is known on this story, I'm not sure what to believe. But unless the verbal threats were very dire and potentially life-threatening, I'm leaning towards thinking his mother and sister are drama-divas just because of the timing.
68. Ingar Nathan - July 22, 2008 6:58 PM
His mother and sister are out for MONEY now that Bale has made it.
69. squeaky - July 22, 2008 7:09 PM
Christian Bale can beat the shit out of me any time. ANY time...
70. Angela Tontita - July 22, 2008 7:13 PM
Batman was a great movie! I love Christian Bale. He's hot!!!
71. Angela Tontita - July 22, 2008 7:13 PM
Batman was a great movie! I love Christian Bale. He's hot!!!
72. Angela Tontita - July 22, 2008 7:16 PM
But the joker was even hotter than batman!!!
73. Angela Tontita - July 22, 2008 7:17 PM
But the District Attorney was hotter than both Batman and the Joker!!!!
74. Angela Tontita - July 22, 2008 7:21 PM
But I'm sorry for them because the HOTTES ONE is my boyfriend!!!!
Randy and I love him!!!!
75. Corina - July 22, 2008 7:33 PM
I'm a big fan of Christian Bale...WTF? This doesn't sound like him at all. If it is only verbal ...shame on his family for having him arrested. I hope he lets the public know what happened.
76. Corina - July 22, 2008 7:42 PM
I think he just took, took, and took all the bull he could from his family...then he finally told them to go to hell. I'm still a fan...and hell yeah, he could spank my bottom anyday...YUM!
77. Bob - July 22, 2008 8:28 PM
WHAT A TOTAL DOUCHEBAG!!!! Dark Knight sucked!
78. Sammy - July 22, 2008 10:06 PM
Bob. Gun.
79. Ted from LA - July 22, 2008 10:20 PM
I heard he hit his sister first (POW!!!!) and then ran over to his mom (ZOOM!!!!!) and stuck her finger in the toaster (ZAPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) and tried to blow up the house (KABOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!).
80. NOEL - July 22, 2008 11:20 PM
RESPECT TO THE RABBITOHS ZIP UP
81. CF - July 22, 2008 11:59 PM
I've worked with Christian and he visited me on set in Ireland last week. He is stressed out about the amount of fans swarming him and he had no sleep. I know the same any time I go out in LA or NYC its fucking sicking how much attention we get as actors. I go home to Ireland and not a word said to me the same with Christian when he goes home to Wales. We have to vent people give us a break.
CF
Filiming Ondine at the moment.
82. bootlips - July 23, 2008 12:22 AM
I'm Battery Man.
83. Simon Millhouse - July 23, 2008 1:31 AM
Remember that he hasn't been convicted of anything yet. A lot may still come out about this. It sounds really bad, but remember that the media likes a sensational story. Of course he has denied it, and maybe should be given the benefit of the doubt until we know more http://www.christianbalearrested.info
84. JCVD - July 23, 2008 2:03 AM
I'm from BRUSSELS and I can say as a man who has experience in MARTIAL ARTS and as a former consultant to Mr. Bale's trainer that he has the utmost respect for the art with his body, mind, and soul. Howver, I cnt seem to splel worth s ahit
Anonymously,
JCVD
85. SB - July 23, 2008 3:07 AM
Er...i live in the UK and you most certainly can not get arrested for verbal assualt.
86. Jeniffer - July 23, 2008 4:17 AM
He is really handsome in the picture.He seems to have a personal account at a millionaire&celebrity dating club **R I C H L O V I N G.C O M** with his pictures and blog. He is so popular there. I've been there for day, it seems the girls are not hard to hook up.
87. Niles - July 23, 2008 4:21 AM
Why does his gaze remind me so of Tom Cruise? Must be their tainted souls?
88. Sarah L. - July 23, 2008 5:55 PM
I love Bale. I think he's innocent. It was just a bad family argument and the police should have never been involved.
His little girl is so cute! Looks like both mom and dad. I understand her "zombie-stare".... my two little girls are the same way: happy and personable, but when surrounded by strangers, they clam up and get that exact same look. It's just the way kids react. She's precious.
89. mems - July 24, 2008 3:20 PM
he's so hot!!