Bale accused of assaulting mom, sister | Host calls Omarosa 'delusional, pathetic'
Christian Bale on Tuesday denied allegations of assault made by his mother and sister, hours after the star of The Dark Knight was arrested, questioned by London police and released.
The 34-year-old actor spent four hours at a police station, but was not charged and was released on bail. British media reported that Bale's mother and sister complained he had assaulted them at the Dorchester Hotel in London on Sunday night, a day before the European premiere of The Dark Knight.
Bale's London-based law firm, Schillings said Bale, issued a statement denying that an assault took place.
"Christian Bale attended a London police station today on a voluntary basis," the statement read. "Bale, who denies the allegation, co-operated 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, 180 kilometres southwest of London. A man who answered the door at the home of his mother Jenny Bale in nearby Bournemouth said she did not want to comment.
The Sun newspaper said Sharon and Jenny Bale had made the complaint. Bale, who was born in Wales, has three older sisters: Erin, Sharon, and Louise Bale.
The reports surface just days after The Dark Knight, which co-stars the late Heath Ledger as Batman's nemesis the Joker, took a record $158.4 million (U.S.) at the box office in its opening weekend.
Asked Tuesday whether Bale had been arrested, a London police spokesman did not refer to him by name but said: "A 34-year-old man attended a central London police station this morning by appointment and was arrested in connection with an allegation of assault."
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Reality TV villain Omarosa sparred with talk show host Wendy Williams on Monday in a spat that at one point turned physical.
She appeared on Fox's The Wendy Williams Show to promote her upcoming book but instead spent more time trading insults with the radio personality-turned-talk show host.
"I wanted to throw her off the set," Williams later told The Associated Press.
The altercation started when Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth first walked onto the daytime talk show and said she was displeased with Williams' introduction of her and would not be disrespected. Things got uglier when Williams grabbed Omarosa's book cover to hold it up to the camera, and Omarosa snatched it back out of Williams' hand.
"Omarosa wished her career was my career," Williams told the AP. "Omarosa is a delusional, D-list, pathetic woman."
The yanking gave way to Omarosa attacking Williams' appearance, asking the talk show host whether she had had a nose job and suggesting she shouldn't wear wigs.
But Williams didn't stay silent throughout the heated interview. She called Omarosa "a typical angry black woman" and suggested cosmetic injections could fix her wrinkles.
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Officials in Georgia say Kid Rock has been sentenced to a year's probation and fined $1,000 (U.S.) for his role in a fight at a suburban Atlanta Waffle House last fall.
The DeKalb County solicitor's office says the 37-year-old was also sentenced Monday to six hours of anger management counselling 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.
Ritchie's tour bus stopped at the Waffle House about 5 a.m. on Oct. 21 after a performance in downtown Atlanta. An exchange of words with a customer escalated into a fight that spilled from the restaurant into the parking lot.
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