Christian Bale and his wife Sibi Blazic at the US premiere of The Dark Knight on 7/14/08. Credit: L. Gallo/ WENN
Christian Bale’s mother Jenny and sister Sharon have been talking to the UK press about the incident that lead to Batman’s arrest, and the more I hear the more innocuous the whole situation seems.
Jenny Bale, 61, and daughter Sharon, 41, today said an “incident” had taken place but refused to give any details.
Sharon originally denied knowing anything about it but they said: “OK, there was an incident but the police are dealing with it.
“It is an extremely sensitive situation. There is nothing more I can say.”
The alleged assault was believed to have taken place on Sunday night at Park Lane’s Dorchester Hotel, where Bale was staying ahead of the screening of the new Batman blockbuster The Dark Knight in London’s West End on Monday night.
Mrs Bale said: “Yes I was there and yes there was a family situation but the police are handling it and I cannot say anymore at the moment.
“We didn’t call the police to the scene. I can’t say anymore but we didn’t call the police.”
Mrs Bale and her daughter are said to have gone to a police station in Hampshire to make the allegation, which was subsequently referred to the Metropolitan Police.
A Scotland Yard 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.”
Sources said the argument was over a long-running family dispute.
I kind of get the impression here that the family was having a verbal argument and a complaint was made by another person in the hotel, which led to police being called. When they questioned the family it seems that his mother and sister made a statement that has led to further investigations.
While my family doesn’t yell at each other – you only know you’re in the bad books because suddenly no one will call you, and it takes you six months to realize you forgot the dog’s birthday or something – I know families who have terrible screaming matches that really seem to clear the air. As Celebitchy pointed out, many families have long standing feuds and we don’t know how this played out for them, but to me it seems like a loud, verbal fight.
The Telegraph article states that Christian has only returned to see his family in Wales once since he moved with his father to Los Angeles in 1995, so I think you could safely assume that they aren’t very close. I live away from my family and talking on the phone and emailing pictures isn’t the same as seeing them in their own environment. Christian’s family may have visited him in America but the tone of the article suggests this isn’t the case.
Christian is to return for questioning in September, but as yet no charges have been laid. Police are continuing to investigate.
Some mothers and siblings are so cruel and mean.
Nobody talks about that, but there are people who would try to milk money of their own son, not to mention jealousy.
He is getting more attention than ever, supposed to enjoy his talent and recognition and they try to bring him down.
I feel awful for him. He is a brilliant actor and should be getting Oscars, not public humiliations.
The color of his wife’s hair is gorgeous. Looks natural. Sometimes color from a bottle lacks a variety of tones (unlike hers in this photo) which makes it fake looking.
translation…. I want money… money money money money money money…. oh and money. My son Batman, money money sensitve situation money, money money money. Thank you money.
Poor Batman.
I think this is a situation where we can speculate all we like inside our heads but we should refrain from talking about it (unless, of course, you’re getting paid to do so, but the whole gossip industry is a whole other rant for another day.) Sharon is absolutely right: “It is an extremely sensitive situation.” I’ll admit, the first phrase through my head when I read the initial article was “roid rage”, but I pushed that shit OUT and forgot about it.
Based on the fact that he has only visited them once in 13 years, I’d say theres some underlying issue(s).
Which makes me sad 🙁 I love Bale
It was absolutely nothing and the celebrity obsessed media is trying to make something out of nothing, as usual. Let’s get back to focusing on what’s really important: Bale is the hotness.
I wouldn’t have been born if people were thrown in jail for verbally assualting someone else. My mom would have been locked up and never let out. It’s just family tradition to have one screamfest per event or meeting; nothing shocking and actually we’re all a bit nervous until it happens.
It’s sad what money can do to people. They say your family can be your worst enemy at times 😯
I think Bale is a great actor and your right Karen, he should be getting an Oscar by now. He’s done a lot of great movies and has been working since he was 13 years old. How many child stars can we say turned out this good? …not many.
He has been looking so tired and stressed out. I feel for him. I’m not sure if he is preparing for another movie that requires him to be a certain weight but he has been look a little slim. I hope he’s doing alright.
Christian if you read the blogs, congratulations on the success of your new movie!!! My cutie and I loved the movie so much that we’re going to see it again this weekend. Keep doing what you do best 🙂
Lads – we don’t know what the argument was about. All we really have to go on is that comment left in D-listed, but it’s still just hearsay.
But the scenario you paint Helen seems to be the most plausible. There was a severe ruckus, presumably with Bale having been seen to push his mother or overheard threatening her or the sister.
Both parties may have been instructed to head to their nearest police station within a set timeframe to make a statement. If he had gotten much worse the police probably would have arrested him then and there, but he hasn’t been formally charged. It must have been bad if the mother and sister haven’t dropped the charges.
To me it sounds like a combination of jet-lag, stress and not getting on with the family all blew up. You may have to love your family – it doesn’t mean you have to like them.
The thing is, I would never say that I wouldn’t go to the police about my child no matter what he did (I can imagine circumstances where it might be a favour), but I can say for sure that I would never go and file a complaint about my child YELLING at me, particularly if I knew it would be hugely, publicly embarassing for him.
The fact that his mother would do that (and then say nothing to make things easier for him, except that it was a “family matter”) tells me a lot about her and their relationship.
I won’t say my sympathies are firmly with Bale (who strikes me as intemperate, rude and full of himself), but I don’t condemn him, either.
Five hours of questioning??? Good grief! How long does it take to ask wtf happened in a verbal disagreement.
If the mother and daughter really were extremely drunk and publicly obnoxious, as reported on another thread – I’da physically removed them too.
When my car got stolen some years back I spent about an hour and a half at the station reporting it, and minimum of 2 hours at a different station when they found it. Last year my flatmate and I spent about an hour to an hour and a half to try and sort something out.
Statements take for-bleedin’-ever to give. 😯
My understanding is that in the UK, verbal assault, when it fits certain criteria, can be punished as a crime. I’m assuming this is what the questioning was all about. I mean…sure, it’s possible that Bale is just a completely unpleasant jerk who treated his mother like crap. What I find more likely is that his mother used an acid tongue on a very important day, and Bale fired back verbally…and then the witch went to the cops after it was all over.
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