Christian Bale has been arrested in London for allegedly assaulting his mother and sister.

The Batman star's 61-year old mother Jenny and 41-year old sister Sharon claim Bale lashed out at the Dorchester Hotel on Sunday night. The pair filed their allegation at a police station in Hampshire, England on Monday.

But authorities were reluctant to speak to Bale on Monday because he was promoting his new movie, The Dark Knight, in London.

A source tells The Sun: "It was a very difficult situation but it would have been wrong to have wrecked the premiere over a complaint which we don't yet know is founded in truth.

A serious-looking Bale outside London's Dorchester Hotel on Monday evening

"But Mr Bale will be contacted at the earliest opportunity and be asked to provide an account of anything that happened."

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