{"id":819797,"date":"2026-08-20T10:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T10:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/819797\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T10:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T10:50:13","slug":"hayden-panettieres-death-investigation-joined-by-dea-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/819797\/","title":{"rendered":"Hayden Panettiere\u2019s Death Investigation Joined by DEA: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Panettiere openly discussed her struggles navigating child stardom and abuse in the entertainment industry<\/p>\n

\n\tThe investigation<\/a> into the\u00a0shocking death<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0Hayden Panettiere<\/a>\u00a0has been joined by the Drug Enforcement Administration, a source familiar with the matter told The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tABC<\/a>, which also confirmed the news, stated that the Greenville City Police Department in South Carolina remains the lead investigative agency, and the DEA is assisting.<\/p>\n

\n\tGreenville police \u201caccompanied by EMS personnel, responded to a report of an unresponsive female\u201d on Sunday (Aug. 16), according to a statement given to\u00a0NBC News<\/a>. \u201cUpon arrival, medical assistance was administered; however, the individual, later identified as Hayden Panettiere, was pronounced deceased at the scene.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tOn a dispatch audio obtained by\u00a0People<\/a>, officials on the call discussed an \u201coverdose\u201d and \u201ccardiac arrest\u201d around the time of Panettiere\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

\n\tAn autopsy was \u201ccompleted\u201d Monday (Aug. 17), and \u201cno signs of trauma were discovered that would have contributed to the death,\u201d Coroner Mike Ellis said in a statement to\u00a0People<\/a> earlier this week. \u201cThe cause and manner of death remain pending further investigation and the completion of additional studies. This investigation remains active and ongoing. No further details are available for release at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tPanettiere had long been candid about her struggles navigating child stardom and the rampant sexual harassment and abuse in the entertainment industry. In her memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning, Panettiere also discussed postpartum depression, addiction, and domestic abuse. In the book, the star detailed her prolific and sometimes difficult career in show business; growing up under the harsh light of Hollywood; and the highs and lows of filming hit TV shows like Heroes and Nashville, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Panettiere openly discussed her struggles navigating child stardom and abuse in the entertainment industry The investigation into the\u00a0shocking…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":819798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88,103100],"class_list":["post-819797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-hayden-panettiere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=819797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}