It’s official: Alan Panettiere has been formally charged with misdemeanor battery after he allegedly assaulted his wife, Lesley Vogel, last month. The L.A. County District Attorney’s Office announced it earlier today and I’m sure Hayden Panettiere and her family is in shock =( Alan, a fireman, faces arraignment on October 11. If convicted, he faces up to a year in county jail. If you can remember, Hayden’s dad was arrested last August 11 at the family’s West Hollywood home after he “struck his wife one or two times on the cheek causing bruising with a closed fist.”

The couple had returned from a charity event hosted by their daughter and a sheriff’s official confirmed that alcohol was involved. After he was released on bail, Alan Panettiere told Extra the incident was a “misunderstanding” and that “nothing actually happened.” Hayden Panettiere, meanwhile, downplayed the incident and said: “It was blown way out of proportion by a sheriff who wanted his 15 minutes of fame.”