Christian Bale and his wife Sibi at the Barcelona premiere of The Dark Knight (7/23)
The Sun claims that Christian Bale's sister's demand for a $200k "loan" is what started the fight on Sunday that led to his arrest on Tuesday. After Bale snubbed his sister Sharon, she started insulting his wife Sibi. Wow, what a pleasant woman. A source told the tabloid:
"Christian is a very wealthy young man and was asked to help his sister out financially. He was asked to loan her £100,000 (~$200,000) but he refused and that caused an almighty row. During that row, the women claim, he assaulted them by pushing and shoving them. Both Jenny and Sharon are terribly upset over what happened. They did not want any publicity and the last thing they wanted to do was wreck his premiere evening. But they say he bullied them. They are both devastated that it has come to this but want him to be taught a lesson." (Source)
The Sun claims that Sharon needed the $200k to help raise her three children, ages twelve, ten, and one. Look, child-rearing is expensive, it's understandable that Sharon needs a little cash. I just hate to see her ambush her brother on one of the biggest nights of his career. If only there was a solution to this mess that didn't involve leaching money from her brother, a "job" type solution if you will.
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