Hayden Panettiere's Parents Get Punchy

Hayden Panettiere's daddy allegedly hit her mommy early this morning after the family attended a benefit for the Whaleman Foundation. Is that a foundation for a half man, half whale hybrid? Because that would be cool. Cooler than a landshark. Sorry, we're really grasping at straws to make light of a rather morbid situation here. Reports The Daily Stab:

Hayden’s dad Alan Panettiere was arrested on suspicion of spousal assault, police confirmed to ET.

Alan Panettiere, 49, was taken into custody at around 3:00 a.m. in West Hollywood, according to a police booking report, which lists a bail amount of $50,000.

TMZ says Alan was upset because Lesley was “hanging” with someone at the event and he felt she was “disrespecting” him.

According to Lesley’s (Hayden’s mom) statement to Sheriffs, the couple went home, began arguing and he struck her in the cheek. Cops took pictures and there are visible marks.

Paramedics advised her she should go to the hospital but she refused. Alan did not give a statement to the police. It’s unclear if any of their kids were at the house at the time of the incident.

We thought maybe something was up when the 18-year-old Hayden started dating her 30-year-old costar Milo Ventimiglia. It was an act that smelled fishy. Literally fishy, like bacterial vaginosis mixed with self-tanner. AKA the stink of Lohan circa 2006! And now we know. Like Lohan, Hayden's parents are goofy. Parental abuse, daddy issues . . . this can only mean one thing, friends. A bright future in pornographic films. Or a few years of intensive therapy after which Hayden emerges a stronger and wiser person and goes on to win many Oscars and becomes a beloved humanitarian. It's hard to say which of those possible outcomes is sexier though.



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