Batman actor Christian Bale arrested over assault allegation

The Telegraph ^ | 22 Jul 2008 | Chris Irvine

[monkapotamus]

By Chris Irvine
Last Updated: 2:12PM BST 22 Jul 2008

Bale, 34, attended a police station after it was reported his mother and sister had reported him to police.

The alleged incident was believed to have taken place on Sunday night at Park Lane's Dorchester Hotel where Bale is staying.

His mother Jenny, 61, and sister Sharon, 40, are said to have gone to a police station in Hampshire to make the allegation, which was subsequently referred to the Metropolitan Police.

A Met Police spokesman said: "A 34-year-old man attended a London Police Station on Tuesday by appointment and was arrested in connection with an allegation of assault.

"He currently remains in custody..."

[Carpe Cerevisi]

Don’t worry...Alfred will bail him out.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

The curse of The Dark Knight continues...

[ken21]

who did what to whom?

[KarlInOhio]

(Yes, I know it's Adam West. I just wanted a Batman "Biff!" or "Pow!" picture)

[Dr. Ursus]

Now, Now, since he’s a celebrity- He’s fighting his demons.
Ifyou or I did this, we ‘d be rightly called low-life bums.

[wideawake]

Absolutely pathetic.

What kind of trash raises his hand against his own mother?

90% of the scum in US prisons wouldn't do that.

[Charles Henrickson]

Alfred will bail him out

Or . . .

Bale him out.

[Dr. Ursus]

They probably tried to take his crack pipe.

[BibChr]

(I know what everyone will say, but....)

This brings to my mind YET AGAIN:

Which is the chicken, which the egg?

Does acting turn people into amoral, messed-up trainwrecks? Or does it just attract such?

[Joe 6-pack]

"Don’t worry...Alfred will bail him out."

Don't be so sure...the full article makes it sound as though Alfred may no longer be among the living:

The Joker, has been widely tipped by critics, as well as Caine, to receive a posthumous Oscar."

[Charles Henrickson]

They’ll have to raise Caine to get that award.

[jaydubya2]

American Psycho

[Dixie Yooper]

"With great power, comes great responsibility"... Oh, never mind, that's from Spiderman.

"Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves back up again". Batman Begins

[ClearCase_guy]

Bale seems to be getting very good reviews — but, having said that, about 95% of the accolades for the movie are being directed at Heath Ledger. On the one hand, I’m sure Christian Bale shares in everyone’s high regard for Ledger’s portrayal of the Joker. On the other hand, I bet Bale is sort of thinking “But I’m supposed to be the star, darn it!” Perhaps it eats at him.

[mysterio]

Sorry to hear about this. One of my favorite actors.

[Joe 6-pack]

"Does acting turn people into amoral, messed-up trainwrecks? Or does it just attract such?"

Basing my opinion on being related to a Broadway performer and having plenty of experience with the theater folks in my undergrad years (as an accident of campus geography), I'd have to say it's a bit of both. Actors, by definition, earn their livings in a world of fantasy and make-believe. Those who come to it well grounded in reality seem to stay fairly stable, but those who come to acting with a weak or poorly developed moral compass will generally be hopeless, although on occasion, some shock of reality will hit them and get their attention.

[beezdotcom]

What kind of trash raises his hand against his own mother?

Calm down...he might only have assaulted his sister. Oh, wait...

[Gay State Conservative]

Geeze.,..what is it with being a Hollywood star and getting into trouble with the law? Drugs,assault,etc,etc.I've never starred in anything but home movies and yet,somehow,have managed to avoid even a jaywalking citation...let alone a charge of assault....by my mother and sister.

[mollynme]

Sloppy writing, I think. If Caine was dead, Wikipedia would have had it within the hour.

[Sue Perkick]

I know. The article is a little short on facts. I’m going to wait before spouting.

[Joe 6-pack]

"They’ll have to raise Caine to get that award."

If he doesn't receive it there just might be a Caine Mutiny....

[geologist]

Christian appears to be much thinner that the last time I saw him. Unless he lost because of a movie role he is playing that usually is a sign of drug use. Many is the star that gets deeply involved in drug use. I pray that is not the case here.

[GunRunner]

Keep in mind that his step-mom is Gloria Steinem. Don’t know if this is who filed the complaint or not.

[Guenevere]

As a celebrity, he's always managed to stay below the radar....

...but now this?

The curse of the Dark Knight?

Too bad....I like him as an actor.

More trivia than I should know ....His mom has been divorced from his dad for a long time, and his dad married Gloria Steinem and died shortly after, maybe a year....not much longer.
..(kinda like a black widow)

[Guenevere]

The article clearly states it was his mom, Jenny.

[wideawake]

This is his biological mother Jenny James who filed the complaint.

His father is dead and Gloria Steinem is now a widow. I don't think the two of them hang out together much. Gloria Steinem is 74 now.

[wideawake]

His mom has been divorced from his dad for a long time, and his dad married Gloria Steinem and died shortly after, maybe a year....not much longer. ..(kinda like a black widow)

Steinem and Bale were married for more than three years. He died of a brain tumor, not under suspicious circumstances.

[newheart]

"American Psycho"

Exactly.

Batman to Joker: "I'm Bateman."

[alwaysconservative]

I saw that, too; don’t “writers” have to learn English anymore?

[Jack Wilson]

I’d have to hear details. Its getting to where simply touching someone on the shoulder is considered assault.

[Guenevere]

yeah, one year, three years....not very long.

Did I say anything about mysterious circumstances?....but Glorida Steinem....she's a feminist carnivore.

[Joe 6-pack]

"I saw that, too; don’t “writers” have to learn English anymore?"

As this article is from The Telegraph, I'd assumed this was actually an English reporter...apparently they must be moving towards a more Arabic form of sentence structure. Within 20 years, the London papers will be read from right to left.

[alwaysconservative]

That was well and kindly said!

[Sue Perkick]

I’d have to hear details. Its getting to where simply touching someone on the shoulder is considered assault.

And there are no details in that article. It's also getting to where we don't need facts to try & convict someone either.

Unfreakin' real.

[wideawake]

Did I say anything about mysterious circumstances

You said "black widow" which means a woman who surreptitiously kills her husband(s).

[wideawake]

Celebrities rarely remain in police custody when charged with assault.

They are normally issued some kind of appearance ticket or summons and released pending the results of the investigation.

Bale, however, "remains in police custody" 48 hours later.

Something fairly serious happened.

[grellis]

Does acting turn people into amoral, messed-up trainwrecks?

I have often wondered why an actor would take on a roll like the one Bale played in "American Psycho." One dimensional, anti-social, vicious, soulless...what on earth is the appeal?

I've often heard actors speak of the need to "live" in a character to make it believable on-screen. I question the motives of any actor who portrays a purely evil character.

[LisaAnne]

Caine is not dead, the reporters just can't write correctly. Here is an article dated July 22, 2008 regarding how much fun Caine is having.

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/articles/2008/07/22/20080722caine0722.html

[Joe 6-pack]

I Caine is NOT dead...I was making light of the writer's ineptitude. I had hoped that would have been a little more obvious when I wrote in #11:

"Don't be so sure...the full article makes it sound as though Alfred may no longer be among the living..."

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

What kind of trash raises his hand against his own mother?

Mommie Dearest...

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

Does acting turn people into amoral, messed-up trainwrecks? Or does it just attract such?

Speaking from experience, it attracts them.

[CJ Wolf]

[x]

"American Psycho"

Exactly.

Batman to Joker: "I'm Bateman."

The 1989 Batman with Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson has some fun with that whole "dark" Batman idea:

Batman: I'm going to kill you!

The Joker: You IDIOT! You made me. Remember, you dropped me into that vat of chemicals. That wasn't easy to get over, and don't think that I didn't try!

Batman: You killed my parents.

The Joker: What? What? What are you talking about?

Batman: I made you, you made me first.

The Joker: Give me a break. I was a kid when I killed your parents. When I say "I made you" you gotta say "you made me." How childish can you get?

[Dante3]

Maybe a combination of both.

[luckystarmom]

Bale has been pretty blunt that he would never make his children be actors. He said it was very difficult and not something he would put his own children through.

From those statements, I get the feeling that he doesn’t have the best relationship with his own parents. Maybe they are just out to make money. Maybe they are blackmailing him now that he is so successful.

It’s amazing that this story broke just before the premier of his movie.

[Smedley]

Does acting turn people into amoral, messed-up trainwrecks? Or does it just attract such?

Speaking from experience, it attracts them.

I would think that Hollywood has a tendency to indulge people while surrounding them with sycophants who constantly tell them how talented and smart they are. The result being that talented, but stupid people have a sky-high self-image while their inhibitions go unchecked.

[Republican Red]

Bale was a kid actor with great success. He starred Spielberg's "Empire of the Sun" when he was 13.

[wideawake]

It’s amazing that this story broke just before the premier of his movie.

Well, there's certainly a lot of pressure involved.

[Mr. Blonde]

Rarely in the US, might not be the case over there.

And there are also no reports of anyone going to the hospital.

It could be blown out of proportion. And following the biggest opening weekend in history...well...I ain’t saying they are gold diggers, but....