The Dark Knight star Christian Bale will not be charged following an alleged assault on his mother and sister, the Crown Prosecution Service confirmed tonight.
The actor, 34, was arrested last month by officers investigating claims he became violent with his mother and sister during a family row.
A CPS spokesman said: "We can today confirm that we have advised the Metropolitan Police Service that the actor Christian Bale should not face any charges following an incident which occurred in relation to his mother and sister at the Dorchester hotel on 21 July this year."
The CPS said they found "insufficient evidence" to support the reasonable prospect of a conviction.
Bale's mother, Jenny, 61, and sister, Sharon, 40, made the complaint the day after the alleged attack. This was also the day of the European premiere of Bale's latest film, The Dark Knight. Their claims were passed on to Scotland Yard, who questioned Bale the day after he attended the event in London's Leicester Square.
The actor spent several hours at Belgravia police station on July 23 before being released on police bail. He has always denied the allegations.
Bale began his career early, taking the lead in the Steven Spielberg-directed Empire of the Sun when he was 12. His career has been consistently successful ever since, but, unusually for an A-list star, he has until now managed to avoid the tabloid limelight.
Bale's parents, Jenny and David, split up when he was 13. Four years later, Bale joined his father in America while his mother and sisters remained in Bournemouth. It has been suggested that family relations remained rocky.