U.S. actress Heather Locklear was arrested on Sunday for alleged domestic violence at her home near Los Angeles, police say.

She is also accused of three counts of battery against a sheriff’s deputy.

Her brother dialled 911 after seeing the actress and her boyfriend fighting at her home in Thousand Oaks, celebrity news site TMZ reports.

Sgt. Eric Buschow of Ventura County Sheriff’s Office said Locklear, 56, was “extremely hostile*.”

He told the LA Times more police had to be called to the house because she was physically resisting arrest. The officer said deputies had struggled to get Locklear, a former star of U.S. soap opera “Melrose Place,” into a police patrol car.

Ventura County Sheriff’s Captain Garo Kuredjian said Locklear’s boyfriend had a physical injury, though he declined medical treatment. The actress was taken to Ventura County Jail and released after posting US$20,000 bail. She is due to appear in court on March 13.

Locklear, who was previously married to Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora, first rose to fame as Sammy Jo Carrington in the 1980s TV show “Dynasty.”

As well as “Melrose Place,” she later appeared on TV police drama “TJ Hooker” and sitcom “Spin City,” for which she was twice nominated for a Golden Globe.

(SD-Agencies)