christian baleChristian Bale’s sister reportedly asked him for money before he allegedly verbally assaulted her and their mother at the weekend.

The Dark Knight star voluntarily submitted himself for arrested and questioning on Tuesday following the incident at his London hotel on Sunday night. Yesterday a source claimed the argument, which included Christian allegedly “pushing and shoving” his 61 year old mum Jenny, was sparked by Jenny insulting Christian’s wife Sibi Blazic - but now another source has said the insults only started flying after his sister Sharon asked for a six figure sum.

The source told the Sun: “Christian is a very wealthy young man and was asked to help his sister out financially.

“He was asked to loan her £100,000 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 [on Monday]. But they say he bullied them. They are both devastated that it has come to this but want him to be taught a lesson.”

The women reportedly the incident to police in Hampshire on Monday, who passed the case onto London colleague later in the day. However, other sources close to Christian suspect that the two women are jealous of his success and reported the incident in a big to sell their story.

Christian was released without charge on Tuesday and is continuing with the scheduled European promotional activities for the Batman film. He is expected to return to the police station in September.