Ashley Hamilton, an actor who was as quickly as married to Shannen Doherty, obtained arrested after police say he threatened a resort employee with a knife.

Regulation enforcement tells TMZ … Ashley was arrested barely after 5 AM on Aug. 24 following an incident in an advanced Beverly Hills resort, when a staffer suggested cops the actor pulled a knife and took a stopping stance.

Cops say Ashley was asleep on a settee throughout the resort lobby when the employee woke him up and suggested him he couldn’t sleep there … and we’re suggested Ashley started arguing, and points quickly escalated.

Police say Ashley brandished a pocketknife, and the employee took off working to call 911. When cops arrived, we’re suggested they found Ashley after which recovered the knife throughout the lobby.

Regulation enforcement says the resort staffer wanted to press costs — so Ashley was arrested for misdemeanor brandishing and was taken to a neighborhood hospital to get checked out for in all probability being beneath the have an effect on.

Finally, cops say Ashley was given the all-clear on the hospital, and officers then cited and launched him.

Ashley tells TMZ … the employee startled him, and that’s the reason he pulled the knife, though he barely even remembers the incident.

Within the hospital, Ashley says he suggested docs he took some tablets, along with oxycodone, which he says he was prescribed due to a most cancers prognosis.

Ashley, son of actor George Hamilton, says he’s battling squamous cell pores and pores and skin most cancers and has undergone two surgical procedures and coverings … and that’s the reason he takes ache tablets.