Reports: Christian Bale of Dark Knight Arrested

Rosa Hayes
Unconfirmed media reports are saying this morning that Christian Bale has been arrested on charges related to an assault on his mother and sister. Christian Bale is the star in the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight, also starring the late Heath Ledger as the Joker. When reporters asked if Christian Bale had been arrested, a police officer would not confirm it, but stated that a 34-year-old man attended a central London police station this morning by appointment and was arrested on in connection with an allegation of assault. That man currently remains in custody, as reported by the National Post.

Christian Bale many hit movies include Batman Begins, American Psycho and Empire of the Sun.

The allegations of Christian Bale's assault on his mother and sister came after police were called to a Dorchester Hotel over an alleged assault. Christian Bale's mother and sister told the Hampshire police station that Christian Bale had assaulted them. The police decided to wait until today to question him because of the premiere of Dark Knight, as reported in Mr. Paparazzi.

There isn't a lot to say about an actor being in jail. As a person of the not-so-rich and famous, I see this all the time and have become rather use to it. It is likely that we will be seeing Christian Bale again in movies and hopefully not in jail.

Time and again we see stuff like this happen with celebrities, and one could only hope that they would learn from each other instead of ending up just like the next one down the road. It isn't cute and it isn't funny, and we have seen this before, only not by a mother and sister pressing charges like Christian Bale's. The charges may or may not stick, and we can only wait to find out what is in store for this Batman star.

Celebrities need to take a tip from those that have been in the limelight a million times before and learn that no matter what they do, their life is an open book. Being an open book should make you cautious of what you do but some celebrities think that they can get away with anything. Good for you mom and sister for sticking up for yourself no matter who you are related, too.

Published by Rosa Hayes

Rosa is a full time student at OCCC with a major in political science. She is currently the author of many articles on parenting, life skills, family, and careers as well as many other things.  View profile

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  • Rosa Hayes7/23/2008

    By the way, I forgot to add that I never said that it was a physical assault and you obviously didn't read much of this article. I also stated towards the end that he would probably have all charges dropped. You know how celebrities can be and how they can easily mingle out of trouble?

  • Rosa Hayes7/23/2008

    Hey, dim rod below me, if you would have read my article then you would have noticed that I added my sources. This report was unconfirmed and I stated this in the article within the first sentence. If you don't know what you are talking about then stay off my block. I enjoy it when people give a great comment or add to what is already written but complaining about something that contradicts what you said, that just isn't cool. Before leaving a hasty comment next time, maybe you should consider re-reading what was wrote.

  • Jen7/22/2008

    You need to do more research and get your facts straight. The police were not called to the hotel. Bale's mother and sister went to his hotel room, reportedly univited and intoxicated, and obviously some sort of argument took place. They then left and went to the police station to file a complaint of assault, as in verbal attack. Had he laid a hand on either of them the police would have taken the incident more seriously. Christian Bale is a notoriously private person, so I doubt that we'll ever learn all the details of what really happened. I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that his mom and sister are feeling pretty embarrassed and will drop the charges by the time he's supposed to go back for further investigation in September. Had he gone to their residence to yell at them, instead of the other way around, they might have had a case. But as it is, they just seem foolish and petty.

  • Jennifer Metz7/22/2008

    Geesh- these celeb people got to get it together!

  • jcorn7/22/2008

    One has to wonder about the stress of making that movie. Perhaps there is no connection but it does seem like the movie would push an actor to the limits, leading to stress and burnout. Everyone seemed to give their all to making it a standout movie.

  • robsmom7/22/2008

    :0)

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