Police in North Carolina said the father of "American Idol" alum Kellie Pickler was arrested for allegedly assaulting a female companion with a steak knife.
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Stanly County, N.C., sheriff's deputies arrested the elder Pickler in Albemarle, N.C., on Feb. 7. Police said they charged him misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon, misdemeanor assault on a female and a misdemeanor charge of communicating threats.
A trial date was set for Feb. 28.
Pickler was released from a Florida jail in May 2006 after serving a sentence for stabbing his neighbor in 2003.
Kellie Pickler's debut album, "Small Town Girl," released in late 2006, recently was certified as gold for selling 500,000 copies.
