HAYDENS DAD IS A DICKHEAD – UPDATE

TMZ has a troubling story this morning claiming that Hayden Panettiere's dad has been arrested for alleged spousal abuse.  They say…

Alan Panettiere was arrested this morning on a felony count of domestic violence. He was popped after allegedly striking Lesley Panettiere in the face at around 3:00 AM today.  He is currently being held on $50,000 bail.

Holy crap.  Well there’s nothing funny about this.  Unless Alan was chasing Lesley around the kitchen and he took his belt off to hit her and then his pants fell down around his ankles.  I bet if that happened both people would stop and then there’d be this funny pause and then they’d both start laughing and forget what they were even fighting about.  When moments like that happen, I bet you’re all like, wow, life sure is funny sometimes.

DISRESPECTING UPDATE – Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Alan and Lesley Panettiere were at a party earlier in the evening. We're told Alan was upset because Lesley was "hanging" with someone at the shindig and he felt she was "disrespecting" him.  Sources say, according to Lesley's statement to Sheriffs, the couple went home, began arguing and he struck her in the cheek. We're told cops took pictures and there are visible marks.