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LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Heroes star Hayden Panettiere's father, Alan, was arrested just after 3 a.m. on Monday morning at the family's West Hollywood home for felony domestic violence, the West Hollywood Sheriff's department confirmed to X17online.

Last night, Panettiere attended a Save the Whales benefit at Beso with her parents, just hours before her father was arrested for allegedly hitting her mother Lesley in the face. Although Hayden arrived to the event with her parents, she left with co-star and boyfriend Milo Ventimiglia and it's unclear whether or not she was with her parents at the time of the alleged altercation.

Alan Panettiere is currently in police custody on $50,000 bail.

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LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Actress Hayden Panettiere's father Alan was released from police custody shortly after 1 p.m. today. Panettiere was arrested just after 3 a.m. on Monday morning for felony domestic violence, after his wife Lesley called the police. Panettiere allegedly hit Lesley in the face at least twice, causing "visible signs of injury," and a sheriff's spokesman added that "alcohol was involved in the incident."

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online)- Prosecutors have filed misdemeanor battery charges against Alan Panettiere, the father of "Heroes" star Hayden Panettiere.
The charges result from an incident in which the elder Panettiere allegedly hit his wife, Lesley, on August 11th.
The 49-year-old was arrrested and later released after posting $50,000 dollars bail.
He is scheduled to be arraigned in a Beverly Hills courtroom on October 11th. He faces up to one year in Los Angeles county jail if convicted.

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Hayden Panettiere had to ask Suffern, N.Y. police to return her identification after it was confiscated by a nightclub last month, E! News reports.

Panettiere, who stars on NBC's "Heroes," is 19 years old.

The actress was reportedly asked to leave the NV Lounge when the management discovered she was under the legal drinking age.

The nightclubs policy is to turn over the identification of people found to be underage. The identification is then turned over to authorities.

"When my officers arrived on the scene we questioned Panettiere," Det. Craig Long told E! News. "I asked her if she tried to buy alcohol and she denied it. Panettiere told me that someone opened the side door of the nightclub so she could go inside and say hello to friends, not buy drinks."

No charges against Panettiere were filed.

LOS ANGELES, California (X17onlie) - Hayden Panettiere and her longtime boyfriend and "Heroes" co-star Milo Ventimiglia has broken up, Us magazine reports.

The reason for split: "It was a lifestyle conflict," a source tells the magazine. "They were in very different places."

Apparently 19-year-old Panettiere is fond of Hollywood nightlife, while 31-year-old Ventimiglia is more of a homebody. However, the split is described as amicable.

"They are still on friendly terms," the source continued. "There are no hard feelings."

The couple had been dating since early last year.