Police called to family home of Hayden Panettiere’s on-off boyfriend

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19 Aug, 2026 07:38 PM2 mins to read

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Police were called to a home belonging to a relative of Brian Hickerson on Wednesday, August 19, days after the death of his on-off girlfriend Hayden Panettiere.

Panettiere died on Sunday, August 16, at the age of 36, and it subsequently emerged that the executive assistant – who was previously
jailed for domestic violence incidents involving the late star – and his brother, Zach Hickerson, were present during her final moments, despite the widespread belief they had split for good in 2022.

Their statement added: “However, resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful, and the individual was pronounced deceased at 2.32pm.”

No official cause of death has yet been released, but dispatch audio that has been released showed discussions of “overdose” and “cardiac arrest”.

An insider has claimed that Panettiere reconnected with Hickerson around two weeks before she died, and they had spent a week together in Los Angeles before heading to South Carolina, where she died.