LONDON - Batman star Christian Bale testament not face charges relating to an alleged assault last calendar month on his mother and sister, prosecutors said Thursday, suggesting their decision was based in part on the menage members' wishes.
Britain's Crown Prosecution Service aforesaid there was insufficient evidence to afford a "realistic prospect of conviction," and ordered police force not to take any further action.
The service aforementioned in a statement that while it "treats all incidents which take place in a domestic setting seriously, it is important that the views of complainants are also taken into account when making decisions in such cases."
Bale, who denies the allegement, said through his spokeswoman, Jennifer Allen, that he was sticking the issue had been settled.
The worker "hopes to put the matter hard behind him" and will be providing no farther comment, Allen said in a statement released by Bale's lawyers.
His family had previously declined to gossip, saying the issue was a personal matter.
British media had reported that Bale's mother and sister told police he assaulted them at his suite at the luxury Dorchester Hotel on July 20, a day earlier he accompanied the European premiere of his picture "The Dark Knight." Bale has denied the accusation.
The Sun sheet reported that police waited a day to get Bale so he could attend the film's premier in London's Leicester Square. He was questioned for several hours at a police station before being released on bail.
The Wales-born actor first made a splash in 1987 as the baby star of Steven Spielberg's "Empire of the Sun." He has played dark and sometimes sinister roles in such films as "American Psycho," "The Machinist" and "Batman Begins."
In "The Dark Knight," Bale reprises the theatrical role of wealthy playboy Bruce Wayne and his crime-fighting alter-ego Batman, a brooding vigilante superhero still scarred by the murder of his parents.
Bale, 34, lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife, Sibi Blazic, and their young girl.
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