Dustin Lance Blakc.Photo: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images
The screenwriter, 48, who will stand trial in the summer, is accused of attacking Teddy Edwardes — a BBC presenter and model — in a London bar and nightclub in August last year,according toThe Times.
Black, who won an Oscar for his 2008 filmMilk, was inside the Freedom Bar in central London’s Soho neighborhood with his Olympic diver husband, 28, when the alleged incident took place on Aug. 18, 2022.
A representative for Black did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Dustin Lance Black and Teddy Edwardes.Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images; James Gillham/Shutterstock
Edwardes, 32, reportedly posted about the alleged incident on Instagram and accused Black of tipping a drink over her.
“I went out for a couple of quiet drinks with my friends last night, nothing crazy, and I bumped into Tom Daley and his husband in Soho, who … pretty much unprovoked he threw an entire drink over me in Freedom,” she wroteaccording toThe Guardian.
“I didn’t have a drink to throw back so I did choose violence, it wasn’t that violent, he got a little tap on the back of the head.”
PerThe Times, Edwardes also wrote on social media in relation to the alleged incident, “Tom Daley was lovely throughout — he was just trying to defuse the situation.”
Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black.Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images
The following month in September, Black also posted on Instagram and said he had “sustained a serious head injury.” According toThe Guardian, he wrote, “A month ago I sustained a serious head injury that put me out of commission. Showing little improvement, my doctors ordered me to shut off my brain in hopes of it healing.”
“This has been a challenging, frightening time for a creative type who depends on what’s in his skull to work, care and love. And now I understand the road back will be long.”
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It’s understood Black reported the alleged incident to the police and Edwardes, who hosts BBC Three’sBig Proud Party Agency, was cautioned.
A representative for Black toldThe Guardian, “Mr Black was surprised and saddened to learn that after the other person involved in this unfortunate incident took responsibility and expressed remorse for a punch to the back of Mr Black’s head – which left him with a life-altering concussion – a decision was made to now examine the matter of a spilled drink in a court of law.
“Of course Mr Black will respect the process, and in the meantime will continue to focus on being a loving father and husband.”
Daley, who won gold at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, shared thefirst pictures of their newbornon Instagram earlier this month.
“🧡 PHOENIX ROSE BLACK-DALEY 🧡 Our family has grown in the last week, we welcomed Phoenix to the world on 28/03/23 and he’s just perfect 🧡 Robbie is loving being a BIG BRO! 👨👨👦👦,” Daley wrote.
Black also shared asnap of the new family of fourand wrote, “And then there were four. Our second son, Phoenix Rose Black-Daley, arrived at 3:34pm on March 28, 2023. ❤️.”
source: people.com
