Tom Daley’s husband phones police after ‘throwing a drink over an events promoter in a nightclub’ 

Tom Daley’s husband Dustin Lance Black ‘called police officers’ to a London nightclub last night after ‘throwing a drink over an events promoter’, it has been claimed.

The couple were at Freedom, a gay bar in Soho, when the alleged dispute happened in the early hours of the morning.

They had been drinking at the venue with Teddy Edwardes, 32, who stars in BBC3 show The Big Proud Party Agency, after having dinner at Avo Mario and watching a drag show at Chinatown’s Ku Bar.

But Ms Edwardes claimed that Mr Black, 48, threw a drink in her face after she asked another person in the venue to leave her table. 

Ms Edwardes claimed that Mr Black, 48, threw a drink in her face after she asked another person in the venue to leave her table

She then said that she gave Mr Black ‘a little tap on the back of the head’ in response, however a source close to the couple said that someone ‘punched’ Mr Black ‘in the back of the head’.

Ms Edwardes was then removed from the club, and the police were called, she said.

Posting on Instagram, Ms Edwardes, founder of Lick events, said: ‘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.

‘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.

The couple were at Freedom (pictured), a gay bar in Soho, when the alleged dispute happened in the early hours of the morning

Ms Edwardes later posted online that Mr Daley, 28, was ‘lovely’ during the incident, and tried to ‘diffuse the situation’. Pictured, the couple in December 2021

‘Tell me why he is crying outside saying it’s a targeted attack and that he’s traumatised and called the police, and I had to wait there for hours whilst the police were asking questions.

‘And now I have been cautioned and I have to go in for interviews.’

A source close to Mr Daley and Mr Black said that the couple were on a ‘date night’ without their four-year-old son Robbie last night.

‘Someone punched Lance in the back of the head, the person who punched him was removed from Freedom by security who checked CCTV, it was reported to police who are looking into it,’ they told The Sun.

Ms Edwardes later posted online that Mr Daley, 28, was ‘lovely’ during the incident, and tried to ‘diffuse the situation’.

A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police confirmed that they were called to the Wardour Street venue just before 12.30am on Thursday, ‘following reports of an altercation involving a man in his 40s and a woman in her 30s’. Pictured, the couple in July 2022

She added: ‘For everyone asking what happened, we basically invited them to where we were sitting and I bought them some drinks etc, everything was fine.

‘And then this random guy came and sat with us and my friend said they felt uncomfortable because they didn’t know who it was so I asked security if they could move them on…

‘The security came to move them on and Tom’s husband started going mad saying how unwelcome I’ve made him feel and that he was leaving, so I was like OK? If that’s what you want? Then got straight drink to the face.’

A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police told The Sun that they were called to the Wardour Street venue just before 12.30am on Thursday, ‘following reports of an altercation involving a man in his 40s and a woman in her 30s’.

They said that no arrests have been made, and that enquiries are continuing.