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The US actor Heather Locklear has been arrested on suspicion of fighting with first responders for the second time this year, according to authorities in California.



The star of Dynasty and Melrose Place appeared to be drunk when police officers arrived at her southern California home at about 11pm on Sunday to investigate a dispute between Locklear and either family members or friends, said the Ventura County sheriff captain, Garo Kuredjian.

Locklear kicked one of the deputies then assaulted a paramedic, Kuredjian said. She was taken to a hospital then to jail and charged on two misdemeanour battery counts, he said.



Locklear was released on Monday morning after posting $20,000 (£17,000) bail. She checked in to a treatment facility later on Monday, according to a source close to her, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of medical privacy restrictions.

The actor’s managers did not immediately return an email seeking comment.

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Heather Locklear in 2013 at an awards ceremony in Beverly Hills. Photograph: Paula Munoz/Invision/AP

Locklear was arrested in February under similar circumstances and charged with four misdemeanour counts of battery of an officer. Authorities say she attacked four deputies called to her home because of a dispute with her boyfriend. She has pleaded not guilty in that case.

The 56-year-old actor was among the biggest television stars of the 1980s and 90s, with roles on Dynasty, ’TJ Hooker and Melrose Place.

She has recently appeared on cable shows including Franklin & Bash and the Tyler Perry series Too Close to Home.

In 2008, she was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of prescription drugs. She pleaded to a lesser charge of reckless driving and was sentenced to unsupervised probation.