Dustin Lance Black appears in court on assault charge

Dustin Lance Black has appeared in court after being accused of assaulting a woman at an LGBTQ+ bar in London.

The 49-year-old, who is married to Olympic gold medalist Tom Daley, is facing allegations that he intentionally spilled a drink on Teddy Edwardes at Freedom nightclub in August 2022. 

Edwardes, who appears as a party planner on BBC Three’s Big Proud Party Agency, allegedly punched Black in the head in retaliation.

The Evening Standard reported that prosecutor Adrita Ahmed told Westminster Magistrates Court on Tuesday (8 August): “Essentially it’s an altercation in a nightclub.

“The Crown’s case is the defendant [Black] grabbed Ms Edwardes’ wrist and twisted it, and the drink has gone over her… Ms Edwardes has retaliated.”

Ahmed added that Edwardes had received a caution in February for “going too far in self-defence”.

Black has denied the charge of assault by beating.