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Batman actor Christian Bale arrested over assault allegation
The Telegraph ^ | 22 Jul 2008 | Chris Irvine

Posted on 07/22/2008 6:39:17 AM PDT by 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..."

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: assault; bale; batman; darkknight
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1 posted on 07/22/2008 6:39:18 AM PDT by monkapotamus
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Don’t worry...Alfred will bail him out.


2 posted on 07/22/2008 6:42:24 AM PDT by Carpe Cerevisi
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To: monkapotamus

The curse of The Dark Knight continues...


3 posted on 07/22/2008 6:42:33 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: monkapotamus

who did what to whom?


4 posted on 07/22/2008 6:44:16 AM PDT by ken21 (people die and you never hear from them again.)
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To: monkapotamus

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

5 posted on 07/22/2008 6:44:36 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Whale oil: the renewable biofuel for the 21st century.)
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To: Carpe Cerevisi

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.


6 posted on 07/22/2008 6:46:53 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus (( commander of the simian host))
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To: monkapotamus
Absolutely pathetic.

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

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

7 posted on 07/22/2008 6:48:51 AM PDT by wideawake (Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
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To: Carpe Cerevisi
Alfred will bail him out

Or . . .

Bale him out.

8 posted on 07/22/2008 6:50:18 AM PDT by Charles Henrickson (Why so series?)
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To: wideawake

They probably tried to take his crack pipe.


9 posted on 07/22/2008 6:51:26 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus (( commander of the simian host))
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To: monkapotamus

(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?


10 posted on 07/22/2008 6:52:55 AM PDT by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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"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."

11 posted on 07/22/2008 6:53:47 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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They’ll have to raise Caine to get that award.


12 posted on 07/22/2008 6:55:15 AM PDT by Charles Henrickson (Why so series?)
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To: monkapotamus

American Psycho


13 posted on 07/22/2008 6:55:34 AM PDT by jaydubya2
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To: monkapotamus
"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

14 posted on 07/22/2008 6:58:12 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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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.


15 posted on 07/22/2008 6:58:12 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Et si omnes ego non)
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To: monkapotamus

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


16 posted on 07/22/2008 6:59:05 AM PDT by mysterio
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To: BibChr
"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.

17 posted on 07/22/2008 7:01:00 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: wideawake
What kind of trash raises his hand against his own mother?

Calm down...he might only have assaulted his sister. Oh, wait...
18 posted on 07/22/2008 7:01:57 AM PDT by beezdotcom (...posting in constant fear of Matthew 12:36,37...)
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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.
19 posted on 07/22/2008 7:02:09 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The problem with the rat race is,even if you win you're still a rat.)
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To: Joe 6-pack
Sloppy writing, I think. If Caine was dead, Wikipedia would have had it within the hour.
20 posted on 07/22/2008 7:03:09 AM PDT by mollynme (cogito, ergo freepum)
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