No details but it sounds like he assaulted his Mom and sister.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1453926.ece
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2444863/Batman-actor-Christian-Bale-arrested-over-assault-allegation.html
Christian Bale was arrested in London today in connection with assault charges brought against him by his mother and sister.
The incident apparently occurred in his hotel on Sunday.
The actor is currently being questioned by police.
He has yet to release a statement.
Update:
He has handed himself into police voluntarily over the mysterious domestic feud.
He went to Belgravia police station in central London earlier today and is still there, being held in custody.
When asked if Bale had been arrested, a police spokesman 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. He currently remains in custody."
His family is not talking.
How totally bizarre.
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[insert tasteless Welsh incest joke here]
And there was one woman!
*ahem*
Moving on...
I want to know more details before I jump to conclusions but assaulting your 61 year old mom is NOT cool. I am guessing he will be entering rehab by the end of the week. If this story broke a week ago do you think it would have hurt the box office success of The Dark Knight? The suits at Warner Bros must be livid.
Oh, yeah. I want to hear the whole story before I jump to conclusions about this.
Hey,I am interested in hearing his side but like I said assaulting your Mom is NOT cool. The media releases bits and pieces of a story so they can be the first to break a story. Don't fault me for wanting to hear all the facts of the story. Two sides to every story (OK, ignore my signature quote by Robert Evans)
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Was it physical assault or verbal assault?
Rehab? Have there been rumors of substance abuse?
If he was drunk he could blame the booze. However, family members are funny. There could be a history with his family and it could be something like verbal assault or the family may have made it up for whatever reasons. This is why I like to wait and reserve judgment until we have all the facts. Its sad the media does not follow this rule.
Damn, Borstal. You beat me to the American Psycho reference.
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amazing physique... can we drop the camera lower!!!
In the videos TMZ has up, he looks more like his Machinist days.
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Bizarre background info:
Bale's mother was a CIRCUS CLOWN! (Holy Joker flashback, Batman!)
Bale's fist kiss was from a circus acrobat.
In 2000, Bale's father married Gloria "A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle" Steinhem. He died in 2003.
It depends on what he is filming right now. He has said that he gets "crazy" when he potrays intense characters and takes them home with him. He said his marriage almost ended when he was filming "Harsh Times". Then again, working with Eva Longoria might have thrown him over the edge. Maybe he was in character and working through something. At least he didnt try to hit Gloria Steinem, his step mother. She would've beat his A#@!
Oh man, I'd go crazy if I had to work on 'Harsh Times' an' all. It was *almost* a stoner comedy, but with lots of crazy and angst. Weirdness!
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He's out!!!
http://perezhilton.com/2008-07-22-and-hes-out
Oh GOOD!
(And I actually liked Harsh Times)
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I wonder if his mother and sister and going to continue to press charges.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
Did he get a flat fee or percentage for Dark Knight?
I heard his mother spilled grape juice on his batsuit, those stains are a bitch to get out. Matricide may be justifiable in this case, so really, she got off easy.
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If he wasn't handsome, would people be more disgusted?
I don't think it's to do with appearance. As a fairly poorly chosen example, if Tom Cruise had done this, there would be much more disgust. He too is considered good-looking by a lot of people, but people also have less respect for him. Personally, I'm quite dismayed by this news story, because Bale always struck me as intense, but well-grounded. If you get to a stage where you're allegedly assaulting family members, you're not well-grounded anymore, so my perceptions have been proven to be wrong, which is throwing me. If, instead, he'd long been giving off the impression that he could tip over the edge at any minute, people would be less confused, and consequently more ready to show disgust.
That's my thoughts on the subject anyway.
He is playing John Connor in Terminator, maybe he miss took them for cyborgs.
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You guys who want all the information before making a judgement are smart. There's nothing like a good old fashioned trial by the media.
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