The father of Hayden Panettiere has been arrested for beating his wife.
Alan Panettiere, a fire department lieutenant, is alleged to have assaulted his former soap star wife Lesley. The Heroes star�s father was arrested on a felony count of domestic violence in the early hours of Monday morning.
Sgt. Scott Wolf told People: "There was a domestic argument between the mother and father. He got upset and struck the mother in the face one or two times on the left hand cheek which caused some bruising. From what I'm told, he hit her with a closed fist.
"The mother called constabulary shortly in front 3 a.m., and Mr. Panettiere was taken into custody. He's been cooperative. Earlier, they were at a party and the husband apparently felt disrespected by his wife."
TMZ reports that Alan is currently being held on $50,000 (�25,000) bail.
