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Bail for Bale over assault claim | |
(about 5 hours later) | |
Batman star Christian Bale has been bailed by police after being questioned about allegations he assaulted his mother and sister. | |
The star, 34, was arrested and held for more than four hours after attending a London police station by appointment. | |
Mr Bale is alleged to have lashed out at his mother and sister in his suite at London's Dorchester Hotel on Sunday. | Mr Bale is alleged to have lashed out at his mother and sister in his suite at London's Dorchester Hotel on Sunday. |
The actor, who denies the allegation, has been released on bail until September pending further inquiries. | |
The Welsh-born actor is in the UK to promote the latest Batman film, The Dark Knight. | |
The actor was questioned at Belgravia police station for four hours"A 34-year-old man attended a police station in central London by appointment and was arrested in connection with an allegation of assault," a police spokesman said. | |
A statement released by Mr Bale's solicitors said the actor "co-operated throughout, gave his account in full of the events in question, and left the station without any charge". | |
"At this time, there will be no further comment by Mr Bale," the statement continued. | |
'Family matter' | |
The Hollywood star attended the European premiere of The Dark Knight last night in London's Leicester Square. | The Hollywood star attended the European premiere of The Dark Knight last night in London's Leicester Square. |
While he was being questioned at Belgravia police station, radio journalists were waiting to meet him at the Dorchester for interviews. | |
It had been reported that the assault allegation was originally filed at a police station in Hampshire. | |
A Metropolitan Police spokesman confirmed it had received an allegation from another force. | A Metropolitan Police spokesman confirmed it had received an allegation from another force. |
Mr Bale stars in new Batman film The Dark KnightMr Bale's sister sister Sharon, 40, shouted "it's a family matter" through a window when approached by reporters at her home in Corfe Mullen, near Wimborne, Dorset. | |
A man who answered the door at the home of his mother Jenny, 61, in Bournemouth, said she did not want to comment. | |
Mr Bale rose to fame as the child star of Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun. | |
He went on to play Patrick Bateman in American Psycho, and had leading roles in Shaft and Captain Corelli's Mandolin. | |
In 2005, he took on the role of the Caped Crusader in Batman Begins and reprised the role in The Dark Knight. |