‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ star arrested in Palm Springs

(Palm Springs Police)

Nicholas Brendon, best known for playing Xander Harris “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” was arrested in Palm Springs last week after police say an argument with his girlfriend turned physical.

Police were called to the Saguaro hotel about 9 pm on October 11, reports the Desert Sun. Officers say Brendon pulled his girlfriend’s arm and violent pulled her hair during an argument in the hotel’s bar.

Brendon, 46, was arrested for violating a protective order and for felony domestic violence. The woman has an active protective order in New York and Florida against Brendon, according to KMIR. The order allows him to be around the woman, but he may not threaten, harass, or assault her.

His court date is November 28 in Indio.