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highthief · 07-22-2008, 05:26 AM

Christian Bale just got arrested for allegedly assaulting his mother and sister.

Batman star Christian Bale arrested over assault claims brought by his own mother and sister | Mail Online

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Batman star Christian Bale has been arrest today over an alleged
assault in his London hotel suite, according to reports.

The allegation was made by the Welsh-born actor’s mother and sister before the European premiere of The Dark Knight in the West End last night - but police decided not to intervene in order not to spoil the first-night celebrations.

Bale, 34, faced police questioning this afternoon over the incident at the Dorchester Hotel.

Bale’s mother Jenny, 61, and sister
Sharon, 40, who lives in Dorset, went to
a police station in Hampshire yesterday
to lodge the allegation of assault.

The matter was referred to the
Metropolitan Police.

Willravel · 07-22-2008, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by highthief

Christian Bale just got arrested for allegedly assaulting his mother and sister.

I hope it's not true.

LoganSnake · 07-22-2008, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Willravel

I hope it's not true.

It's very true.

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Bail for Bale over assault claim

Lasereth · 07-22-2008, 10:37 AM

BTW the Christian Bale assault charges are for verbal assault. As in "he yelled at me." Leave it to sensationalism to do the rest!

Frosstbyte · 07-22-2008, 10:37 AM

Can a mod move the "Christian Bale might be a bad person" posts to a new thread? Other than being contemporaneous, they don't have any place in the context of a discussion about the movie, I don't think.

LoganSnake · 07-22-2008, 12:08 PM

Whoops.

SecretMethod70 · 07-22-2008, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Frosstbyte

Can a mod move the "Christian Bale might be a bad person" posts to a new thread? Other than being contemporaneous, they don't have any place in the context of a discussion about the movie, I don't think.

Done

jorgelito · 07-22-2008, 05:16 PM

You can be arrested for yelling at someone?

SecretMethod70 · 07-22-2008, 05:24 PM

Apparently in the UK.

RetroGunslinger · 07-22-2008, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by SecretMethod70

Apparently in the UK.

I better not move to Europe.

blahblah454 · 07-22-2008, 05:44 PM

I am with Retro on this one. I would be in jail long ago.

Bear Cub · 07-22-2008, 07:46 PM

What a crock of shit. I can expect something like this out of France, but not the UK...

SecretMethod70 · 07-22-2008, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Bear Cub

What a crock of shit. I can expect something like this out of France, but not the UK...

Really? The country that has cameras on every major corner in London and other cities?

mixedmedia · 07-22-2008, 07:54 PM

I'm sorry, but this thread title makes me giggle.

blahblah454 · 07-22-2008, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by mixedmedia

I'm sorry, but this thread title makes me giggle.

As it should mm, this is the most retarded thing ever.

mixedmedia · 07-22-2008, 08:06 PM

oh well, it's good for young actors to get arrested.

especially when they've got a hot new film out

SecretMethod70 · 07-22-2008, 09:25 PM

I dunno...I mean, I titled the thread this way when I split the posts from the Dark Knight thread, but most of the actual news reports just say "assault"...they don't mention that it's "verbal assault." I was pretty disappointed when I first heard about the news, until I found out about the verbal part later on. I don't think Christian Bale is the kind of actor that would benefit from this. At least, not in my mind.

ubertuber · 07-22-2008, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by SecretMethod70

Really? The country that has cameras on every major corner in London and other cities?

Which other country would have cameras on every major corner in London?

Martian · 07-22-2008, 09:45 PM

There is a London Ontario roughly 300 km west of where I am currently sitting. They do not have cameras on every major street corner, so far as I'm aware. But they could.

/threadjack

Christian Bale is a meanie.

Willravel · 07-22-2008, 09:50 PM

As I recall, Bale has a photographic memory. I remember mention of instantly learning lines and only having to be shown fight moves once. He also is incredibly driven, able to change his body shape drastically through incredibly difficult diet and exercise programs. I've only known a few people in my life with abilities like this, and they had to take extra steps to be personable. This could be my limited experience with people like this, but could it be a savant type dichotomy? Could Bale's less than personable behavior be a byproduct, somehow, of his incredible mind and drive? I don't mean to venerate him for bad behavior, but it stuck out in my mind.

SecretMethod70 · 07-22-2008, 11:03 PM

I'm not sure what bad behavior even took place.

He yelled (perhaps harshly) at his mom and sister. Whoop-di-doo.

highthief · 07-23-2008, 02:12 AM

Well now that my post has been unceremoniously moved and retitled - can someone provide some links this is about a "verbal assault"? I checked the BBC, Times, Mail and a couple of other sites - no mention of that aspect.

mixedmedia · 07-23-2008, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Willravel

As I recall, Bale has a photographic memory. I remember mention of instantly learning lines and only having to be shown fight moves once. He also is incredibly driven, able to change his body shape drastically through incredibly difficult diet and exercise programs. I've only known a few people in my life with abilities like this, and they had to take extra steps to be personable. This could be my limited experience with people like this, but could it be a savant type dichotomy? Could Bale's less than personable behavior be a byproduct, somehow, of his incredible mind and drive? I don't mean to venerate him for bad behavior, but it stuck out in my mind.

Or maybe he just got tired of their bullshit.

I'm sorry I'm not taking this seriously. I go now.

Redjake · 07-23-2008, 03:19 AM

Christian Bale takes shit from NO ONE!!!!!!!!!!

The_Jazz · 07-23-2008, 04:42 AM

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Originally Posted by highthief

Well now that my post has been unceremoniously moved and retitled - can someone provide some links this is about a "verbal assault"? I checked the BBC, Times, Mail and a couple of other sites - no mention of that aspect.

Psst. You English, thinking you've got the lowest common denominator when it comes to paparrazzi. Allow me to demonstrate the American superiority that is The Mighty TMZ.

U-S-A! U-S-A! Woohoo!

Charlatan · 07-23-2008, 05:05 AM

Geez... you Americans. So arrogant.

Jinn · 07-23-2008, 06:05 AM

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Well now that my post has been unceremoniously moved and retitled - can someone provide some links this is about a "verbal assault"? I checked the BBC, Times, Mail and a couple of other sites - no mention of that aspect.

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Assault is often defined to include not only violence, but any physical contact with another person without their consent. In common law jurisdictions, including England and Wales and the United States, battery is the crime that represents the unlawful physical contact, though this distinction does not exist in all jurisdictions

It wasn't assault and battery, only assault.

Willravel · 07-23-2008, 09:01 AM

Turns out that Christian Bale is depressed over the death of Heath Ledger. He went into hiding for 6 weeks after he found out about Ledger's death. And Christian's mother broke the cardinal rule of motherdom: don't talk shit about your son's wife.
EXCLUSIVE: Arrested Batman star 'flew into a rage after his mother insulted his wife' | Mail Online

mixedmedia · 07-23-2008, 02:17 PM

My mother used to talk shit about my husband all the time and it did make me pretty pissed off.

...then again, she was right so...you know

Nimetic · 07-23-2008, 04:19 PM

Just the yelling eh? Maybe his hearing is going after all those action scenes.

LoganSnake · 07-23-2008, 04:48 PM

Don't the media have anything better to cover than domestic shout fights? Sometimes it's like living in an alternate dimension.

blahblah454 · 07-23-2008, 05:06 PM

People yell at other people all the time. Why hell arrest him for it?

This is an awesome way to spend resources.

Burgerflipp · 07-23-2008, 05:52 PM

sigh...sounds eerily like something that would occur in my own family,unfortunately.

SecretMethod70 · 07-23-2008, 06:21 PM

What really annoys me is that when I saw this in the newspaper today, it just said "assault." It was written in such a way that it would be easy to think he hit his mother and sister. That the AP wasn't clear on that detail from the very start is really annoying to me.

Frosstbyte · 07-23-2008, 09:32 PM

It's one of those unfortunate lay/legal splits. "Assault" has come to mean in regular parlance hitting someone. It's legal definition involves only the threat or attempt to hit someone without actually succeeding in doing so (which is legally called battery). So, they're being accurate, but most people don't realize they mean different things. They ought to be more specific, though, since they're painting him in a rather poor light the way the headlines read.

SecretMethod70 · 07-23-2008, 10:48 PM

Indeed. First I was upset because an actor I respected apparently hit his mom and sister. Now I'm upset because an actor I respect is being made to look like he hit his mom and sister when he in fact did not.

boink · 07-23-2008, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by mixedmedia

oh well, it's good for young actors to get arrested.

especially when they've got a hot new film out

exactly.

evilbeefchan · 07-24-2008, 02:19 AM

Whew, respect for Bale quickly restored. While I frown upon yelling at your own mother, the guy's friend committed suicide, his relationship is "going through rough times", give the man a break!

The_Jazz · 07-24-2008, 05:01 AM

Apparently he yelled at her because she defended his sister. His sister who had just asked for $200,000 to raise her kids. What kind of asshole won't give his sister $200,000?

[/sarcasm]

Anxst · 07-24-2008, 05:48 AM

Yeah, I was relieved when I found out this was truly just 'assault'. Although, I immediately imagined him screaming at his mother "BECAUSE I'M THE GODDAMN BATMAN!"

I'd be screaming too if I were as stressed as he probably is at the moment and my sister asked for something that stupid and my mom said I should give it to her.

07-22-2008, 12:08 PM	#6 (permalink)
LoganSnake We work alone Location: Cake Town	Whoops. __________________ Maturity is knowing you were an idiot in the past. Wisdom is knowing that you'll be an idiot in the future. Common sense is knowing that you should try not to be an idiot now. - J. Jacques

07-22-2008, 05:16 PM	#8 (permalink)
jorgelito All important elusive independent swing voter... Location: People's Republic of KKKalifornia	You can be arrested for yelling at someone? __________________ "The race is not always to the swift, nor battle to the strong, but to the one that endures to the end." "Demand more from yourself, more than anyone else could ever ask!" - My recruiter

07-22-2008, 05:24 PM	#9 (permalink)
SecretMethod70 Human Administrator Location: Chicago	Apparently in the UK. __________________ Le temps détruit tout "Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling

07-22-2008, 07:46 PM	#12 (permalink)
Bear Cub The Reverend Side Boob Location: Nofe Curolina	What a crock of shit. I can expect something like this out of France, but not the UK... __________________ Living in the United Socialist States of America.

07-22-2008, 07:54 PM	#14 (permalink)
mixedmedia has all her shots. Location: Florida	I'm sorry, but this thread title makes me giggle. __________________ Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

07-22-2008, 10:37 AM	#4 (permalink)
Lasereth Knight of the Old Republic Location: Winston-Salem, NC	BTW the Christian Bale assault charges are for verbal assault. As in "he yelled at me." Leave it to sensationalism to do the rest!

07-22-2008, 10:37 AM	#5 (permalink)
Frosstbyte Winter is Coming Location: The North	Can a mod move the "Christian Bale might be a bad person" posts to a new thread? Other than being contemporaneous, they don't have any place in the context of a discussion about the movie, I don't think.

07-22-2008, 05:44 PM	#11 (permalink)
blahblah454 Let's put a smile on that face Location: On the road...	I am with Retro on this one. I would be in jail long ago.

07-22-2008, 08:06 PM	#16 (permalink)
mixedmedia has all her shots. Location: Florida	oh well, it's good for young actors to get arrested. especially when they've got a hot new film out __________________ Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

07-22-2008, 09:25 PM	#17 (permalink)
SecretMethod70 Human Administrator Location: Chicago	I dunno...I mean, I titled the thread this way when I split the posts from the Dark Knight thread, but most of the actual news reports just say "assault"...they don't mention that it's "verbal assault." I was pretty disappointed when I first heard about the news, until I found out about the verbal part later on. I don't think Christian Bale is the kind of actor that would benefit from this. At least, not in my mind. __________________ Le temps détruit tout "Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling

07-22-2008, 09:45 PM	#19 (permalink)
Martian Young Crumudgeon Location: Canada	There is a London Ontario roughly 300 km west of where I am currently sitting. They do not have cameras on every major street corner, so far as I'm aware. But they could. /threadjack Christian Bale is a meanie. __________________ I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said - Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame

07-22-2008, 09:50 PM	#20 (permalink)
Willravel ... a sort of licensed troubleshooter.	As I recall, Bale has a photographic memory. I remember mention of instantly learning lines and only having to be shown fight moves once. He also is incredibly driven, able to change his body shape drastically through incredibly difficult diet and exercise programs. I've only known a few people in my life with abilities like this, and they had to take extra steps to be personable. This could be my limited experience with people like this, but could it be a savant type dichotomy? Could Bale's less than personable behavior be a byproduct, somehow, of his incredible mind and drive? I don't mean to venerate him for bad behavior, but it stuck out in my mind.

07-22-2008, 11:03 PM	#21 (permalink)
SecretMethod70 Human Administrator Location: Chicago	I'm not sure what bad behavior even took place. He yelled (perhaps harshly) at his mom and sister. Whoop-di-doo. __________________ Le temps détruit tout "Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling

07-23-2008, 02:12 AM	#22 (permalink)
highthief Junkie Location: Ontario, Canada	Well now that my post has been unceremoniously moved and retitled - can someone provide some links this is about a "verbal assault"? I checked the BBC, Times, Mail and a couple of other sites - no mention of that aspect. __________________ Si vis pacem parabellum.

07-23-2008, 03:19 AM	#24 (permalink)
Redjake I'm a family man - I run a family business. Location: Wilson, NC	Christian Bale takes shit from NO ONE!!!!!!!!!! __________________ Off the record, on the q.t., and very hush-hush.

07-23-2008, 05:05 AM	#26 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	Geez... you Americans. So arrogant. __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

07-23-2008, 09:01 AM	#28 (permalink)
Willravel ... a sort of licensed troubleshooter.	Turns out that Christian Bale is depressed over the death of Heath Ledger. He went into hiding for 6 weeks after he found out about Ledger's death. And Christian's mother broke the cardinal rule of motherdom: don't talk shit about your son's wife. EXCLUSIVE: Arrested Batman star 'flew into a rage after his mother insulted his wife' \| Mail Online

07-23-2008, 02:17 PM	#29 (permalink)
mixedmedia has all her shots. Location: Florida	My mother used to talk shit about my husband all the time and it did make me pretty pissed off. ...then again, she was right so...you know __________________ Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce Last edited by mixedmedia; 07-23-2008 at 02:19 PM.. Reason: doh should be shy

07-23-2008, 04:19 PM	#30 (permalink)
Nimetic Junkie Location: Melbourne, Australia	Just the yelling eh? Maybe his hearing is going after all those action scenes.

07-23-2008, 04:48 PM	#31 (permalink)
LoganSnake We work alone Location: Cake Town	Don't the media have anything better to cover than domestic shout fights? Sometimes it's like living in an alternate dimension. __________________ Maturity is knowing you were an idiot in the past. Wisdom is knowing that you'll be an idiot in the future. Common sense is knowing that you should try not to be an idiot now. - J. Jacques

07-23-2008, 05:06 PM	#32 (permalink)
blahblah454 Let's put a smile on that face Location: On the road...	People yell at other people all the time. Why hell arrest him for it? This is an awesome way to spend resources.

07-23-2008, 05:52 PM	#33 (permalink)
Burgerflipp Upright	sigh...sounds eerily like something that would occur in my own family,unfortunately.

07-23-2008, 06:21 PM	#34 (permalink)
SecretMethod70 Human Administrator Location: Chicago	What really annoys me is that when I saw this in the newspaper today, it just said "assault." It was written in such a way that it would be easy to think he hit his mother and sister. That the AP wasn't clear on that detail from the very start is really annoying to me. __________________ Le temps détruit tout "Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling

07-23-2008, 09:32 PM	#35 (permalink)
Frosstbyte Winter is Coming Location: The North	It's one of those unfortunate lay/legal splits. "Assault" has come to mean in regular parlance hitting someone. It's legal definition involves only the threat or attempt to hit someone without actually succeeding in doing so (which is legally called battery). So, they're being accurate, but most people don't realize they mean different things. They ought to be more specific, though, since they're painting him in a rather poor light the way the headlines read.

07-23-2008, 10:48 PM	#36 (permalink)
SecretMethod70 Human Administrator Location: Chicago	Indeed. First I was upset because an actor I respected apparently hit his mom and sister. Now I'm upset because an actor I respect is being made to look like he hit his mom and sister when he in fact did not. __________________ Le temps détruit tout "Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling

07-24-2008, 02:19 AM	#38 (permalink)
evilbeefchan Addict Location: Alhambra, CA	Whew, respect for Bale quickly restored. While I frown upon yelling at your own mother, the guy's friend committed suicide, his relationship is "going through rough times", give the man a break!

07-24-2008, 05:01 AM	#39 (permalink)
The_Jazz Asshole Administrator Location: Chicago	Apparently he yelled at her because she defended his sister. His sister who had just asked for $200,000 to raise her kids. What kind of asshole won't give his sister $200,000? [/sarcasm] __________________ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - B. Franklin "There ought to be limits to freedom." - George W. Bush "We have met the enemy and he is us." - Pogo

07-24-2008, 05:48 AM	#40 (permalink)
Anxst Condensing fact from the vapor of nuance. Location: Madison, WI	Yeah, I was relieved when I found out this was truly just 'assault'. Although, I immediately imagined him screaming at his mother "BECAUSE I'M THE GODDAMN BATMAN!" I'd be screaming too if I were as stressed as he probably is at the moment and my sister asked for something that stupid and my mom said I should give it to her. __________________ Don't mind me. I'm just releasing the insanity pressure from my headvalves.