Batman "Assaults" Mum: Christian Bale Investigated

[megoscott]

Sounds like the word "assault" is being wildly overplayed here.

[Earth 2 Chris]

None of us knows the facts here. "Innocent till proven guilty", anyone? I myself was arrested and prosecuted for an assault I did not commit. These things happen.

Exactly. Not defending him "because he's Batman", but his arrest there would just be "called in for questioning here, apparently. Who knows what happened yet. Obviously the police weren't too concerned about the charges or they wouldn't have let him go to the premiere first and come in for a scheduled appointment.

Chris

[Vortigern99]

None of us knows the facts here. "Innocent till proven guilty", anyone? I myself was arrested and prosecuted for an assault I did not commit. These things happen.

[Marvelmania]

Maybe she looks like the Joker?

[twilitezoner]

Really SAD if true. Come on, Bale--Dark Knight is supposed to be a character who avenges his parents--not assaults them.

hmpf. Adam West would never bat-slap a women!

I think everyone is jumping to conclusions on that. He may have been in John Conner mode.

[starsky]

unbelievable!! beating up on women!

[MegoSteve]

Maybe his mom was asking for it.

[twilitezoner]

My guess is that this will turn into my ado about nothing.

[Earth 2 Chris]

hmpf. Adam West would never bat-slap a women!

Nah. He's just mean to little kids at comic conventions and auto shows.

Chris

[Collect 'em all!]

Really SAD if true. Come on, Bale--Dark Knight is supposed to be a character who avenges his parents--not assaults them.

hmpf. Adam West would never bat-slap a women!

[megoscott]

Bad move if it's true

LOL. yeah, beating up your mom before your big movie premiere is a bad move.

[darklord1967]

Wow this really is shocking news.

I sure hope that everything is resolved amicably between Bale and his family, and that this incident doesn't adversely affect the performance of the new film.

I have to agree that on the surface, this smacks of something minor blown way out of proportion by the press due to Bale's celebrity.

[toys2cool]

Bad move if it's true

[Earth 2 Chris]

It is a policy in England to arrest a suspect before questioning him in connection to a possible crime. Bale has not been formally charged, therefore the police did not release his name.

This is from People.com (I did a google search).

So it works a bit different across the pond, apparently.

Chris

[megoscott]

From TMZ.com

Just like the bat signal, coppers knew all along they could get Batman when they wanted him -- so they didn't arrest him until after his big premiere ... and the four press conferences he did before it.

So why did cops put a hold on busting Batman? They didn't think he'd flee.

Scotland Yard tells us after his mom and sis dropped a dime on Bale yesterday, the cops didn't jump because they felt Christian was not a flight risk. Also, they thought the crime was not super serious.

So, we're told, they waited until after "The Dark Knight" premiere to have him pay a visit to the station.