( CNN ) -- Actress Emma Roberts and boyfriend Evan Peters `` are working together to move past '' an incident that resulted in her domestic violence arrest in Canada last week , their representative said . Roberts , 22 , was arrested after police were called to a Montreal hotel July 7 , according to police . `` It was an unfortunate incident and misunderstanding , '' the rep said in a written statement to CNN . `` Ms. Roberts was released after questioning and the couple are working together to move past it . '' Roberts -- the niece of Julia Roberts and daughter of Eric Roberts -- was in Montreal with Peters to film an episode for the FX series `` American Horror Story . '' Douglas Hyde contributed to this report .
Roberts was arrested after police were called to a Montreal hotel July 7 . `` It was an unfortunate incident and misunderstanding , '' their rep says .