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Batman Actor Accused Of Assaulting Family Members

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: July 23, 2008

The darkness around Batman has deepened: While audiences were shattering weekend box-office records in the United States, Christian Bale was in London, where his mother and sister reportedly leveled assault allegations against the star of "The Dark Knight" that have yet to become clear.

Bale said the allegations were false Tuesday, hours after the Wales-born actor was arrested, questioned by London police and released. The 34-year-old actor spent four hours talking with authorities but was not charged.

British media reported that Bale's mother and sister told police he assaulted them at the Dorchester Hotel in London on Sunday night, a day before attending the European premiere of "The Dark Knight." The Sun newspaper said the complaint was filed by sister Sharon Bale and mother Jenny Bale.

"Christian Bale attended a London police station today on a voluntary basis," read a statement from Bale's lawyer, Simon Smith, of the London-based firm Schillings. "Bale, who denies the allegation, cooperated throughout, gave his account in full of the events in question, and has left the station without any charge being made against him by the police."

A woman thought to be Bale's sister Sharon told reporters "it's a family matter" from her home in Corfe Mullen, 110 miles southwest of London.

Kid Rock Gets Probation For Fight

Kid Rock has been sentenced to a year's probation and fined $1,000 for his role in a fight at a suburban Atlanta Waffle House last fall.

The DeKalb County solicitor's office said the 37-year-old was also sentenced Monday to six hours of anger management counseling and 80 hours of community service.

The entertainer, whose real name is Robert J. Ritchie, pleaded no contest to one count of simple battery. Four counts of battery were dropped.

Foreigner Planning Their Comeback

OK, Foreigner fans, you no longer have to live without them. Mick Jones says the band's new career retrospective "No End in Sight: The Very Best of Foreigner" is a signal that new material is on the way.

Besides the band's hits as well as some deeper album cuts and live versions, the double-disc set released last week includes one new track, "Too Late."

Jones, a founding member of the group, said on Tuesday that a "fuller" new album will be out next year.

"We haven't had the time because of the tour to concentrate on a whole album but we wanted something out that denotes the fact that the band is alive and taking this seriously."

Today's Birthdays

Actress Gloria DeHaven is 83. Radio personality Don Imus is 68. Rock musician Blair Thornton (Bachman Turner Overdrive) is 58. Actor Woody Harrelson is 47. Rock musician Martin Gore (Depeche Mode) is 47. Actor Eriq Lasalle is 46. Rock musician Slash is 43. Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman is 41. Actress Charisma Carpenter is 38. Country singer Alison Krauss is 37. Actor-comedian Marlon Wayans is 36. Actor Omar Epps is 35. Actor Daniel Radcliffe is 19.

Source: The Associated Press

CORRECTIONS

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