Batman star Christian Bale faces assault claim

FILM star Christian Bale today faced questioning by police over claims that he assaulted two family members.

Scotland Yard has been passed a complaint by his mother and his sister over an incident in central London.

Bale, 34, is alleged to have lashed out in his suite at Park Lane's Dorchester Hotel on Sunday.

The two women, who live in Dorset, went to a Hampshire police station yesterday to make their allegations formally.

The complaint about the actor was then passed to the Metropolitan Police for further investigation.

A spokesman said: "We can confirm we have received an allegation from another force in relation to an alleged incident in central London."

A Hampshire Police spokesman said any allegation that took place in another force area would be referred on but declined to comment further.

There was no sign of the family drama as Bale attended the first European screening of the new Batman blockbuster, The Dark Knight, last night.

Bale joined co-stars Sir Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Aaron Eckhart at the Odeon West End cinema in Leicester Square.