As many of you have heard or read with how popular the new Batman movie The Dark Knight currently is, there was an incident between Christian Bale and his mother and sister after the Bristish premier of the film.
Apparently, there was an argument where Bale's mother and sister were berating his wife, he got fed up, screamed at, them and brushed past them as he stormed off. The police were called by someone not in that party and when they arrived, the mother and sister pressed charges against him.
So, he came into the police office willingly, gave his side of the story, and left without being charged.
It is now coming out that the incident also included the two trying to get him to give them money to help his sister raise her three children. They have both now stated they they wish it would have stayed a private matter, but want to see him punished for bullying them.
Ok, now the plot thickens. It was mentioned to me the other day by a co-worker that this was another case of someone just trying to take a peice of the pie for themselves from a celebrity. This is bad enough when it is a stranger or one time acquaintance, but when it comes from your family it is truely apalling behaviour.
It seems to me from the information that keeps coming out that they tried to get him to give them the money due to his current success. Next, he refused and it would not surprise me if we were to find out that there were drugs or similar issues with the sister's past. Next, the pair became upset that he did not give them the money and began berating his wife. At this point, he became angered, yelled at them, and left. They were upset at not getting the money and figured that they could report it to the police in hopes of getting money without going to court.
If something like this ends up being the case, my ruling would be to allow Christian Bale two free punches on each for wasting everyone's time and trying to exploit a family member who had done well for himself. Of course, if things end up being different from this, the punches probably won't be neccessary.
[Currently listening to With A Little Help from my Friends - The Beatles, Modern Love - David Bowie, I Want to Know What Love is - Foreigner, ]
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