Tom Daley’s husband Dustin Lance Black accused of assaulting girl in nightclub

Tom Daley’s husband, Dustin Lance Black, is dealing with trial in August accused of assaulting a lady in a London nightclub.

The 48-year-old American filmmaker is accused of throwing a drink over BBC Three presenter and social gathering planner Teddy Edwardes.

He appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, a courtroom official confirmed.

Black is charged with assaulting Edwardes by beating at Freedom nightclub in Soho, based on courtroom papers.

He pleaded not responsible to the cost and was granted unconditional bail forward of a trial on 8 August.

The Metropolitan Police mentioned officers had been known as to a membership in Soho, in London’s West End, at round 12.30am on 18 August final yr following stories of “an altercation” between a person in his 40s and a lady in her 30s.

Black was charged with frequent assault on 17 February, the police added.

In 2009, Black received an Oscar for greatest unique screenplay for Milk, a movie based mostly on the lifetime of homosexual rights activist and politician, Harvey Milk.

He additionally wrote the 2011 movie J Edgar starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Armie Hammer, and directed by Clint Eastwood, and created the FX crime sequence Under the Banner of Heaven starring Andrew Garfield.

Edwardes is an LGBTQ+ social gathering planner and co-host of the BBC Three present Big Proud Party Agency.

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A spokesperson for Black mentioned: “Mr Black will respect the process, and in the meantime will continue to focus on being a loving father and husband.”

Black married Olympic champion diver Daley, 28, at Dartmoor National Park in 2017 after they received engaged in 2015.

The couple welcomed their first little one, Robert Ray in 2018 by way of surrogate, and their second son, Phoenix Rose, earlier this month.