Lou Diamond Phillips was charged Thursday with domestic battery, a misdemeanor, related to an incident in August involving his live-in girlfriend, the Associated Press reports. 

An argument in the early hours of Aug. 11 escalated into a physical fight, and Phillips’ girlfriend “was pushed and dragged across the house, resulting in scrapes to both knees,” Los Angeles city attorney Rocky Delgadillo said in a statement.

The woman, police said in August is makeup artist Yvonne Boismier, called the police from a locked bathroom in the Northridge, Calif., home, Delgadillo said. Phillips, 44, was arrested, held for about 10 hours and released.

If convicted, he could face a maximum of one year in jail and a $2,000 fine. His arraignment is scheduled for Oct. 18.

Phillips’s rep said last month that he expected no charges to be pursued in the case, and that he expected Delgadillo to schedule a mediation hearing instead.

Phillips was married for 10 years to makeup artist Kelly Preston (who changed her last name to Phillips). They have three children: twins Grace and Isabella, 8, and daughter Lili, 6. Preston filed for divorce in 2005. From 1986 to 1990, Phillips was married to Julie Cypher, who later entered a long-term relationship with Melissa Etheridge and gave birth to their two children.