Actor Hayden Panettiere\u2019s death has been ruled an accident and the case is now closed, police in South Carolina announced Wednesday. <\/p>\n
\u201cBased on the Medical Examiner\u2019s determination and the findings of the investigation, Hayden Panettiere\u2019s death has been ruled accidental,\u201d Greenville police said, noting the investigation has concluded. <\/p>\n
Panettiere, 36, the actor who starred in the shows \u201cHeroes\u201d and \u201cNashville,\u201d was found unresponsive on Aug. 16 in a South Carolina apartment complex where she was staying. <\/p>\n
Last month, the Greenville County Coroner\u2019s Office ruled her death an accident <\/a>caused by the toxic effects of multiple drugs: fentanyl, 4-ANPP, alprazolam, methocarbamol and quetiapine. <\/p>\n The coroner said there were no signs of trauma that would have contributed to her death. Police also have said no signs of foul play were found during the initial response and investigation.<\/p>\n Panettiere, who had publicly discussed her struggle with addiction, had been in rehab just weeks before, according to the coroner\u2019s report.<\/p>\n Panettiere\u2019s on-again, off-again boyfriend, Brian Hickerson, was at the apartment complex at the time of her death. He showed police a \u201cbag of medication\u201d he said she was taking at the time, according to the police report. <\/p>\n After the coroner\u2019s report was issued, Panettiere\u2019s mother<\/a>, Lesley Vogel, called her daughter a \u201cfighter\u201d who was \u201ctransparent with her addictions and her numerous rehab attempts show her resolve to live a healthy life.\u201d<\/p>\n Vogel also said at the time that she had \u201cnever heard Hayden speak of fentanyl.\u201d<\/p>\n The Drug Enforcement Administration was also investigating, a source familiar with the probe previously told NBC News. The agency typically looks into the narcotics involved in a case, how they were obtained and whether any laws were broken in procuring the drugs. <\/p>\n Panettiere entered Hollywood as a child actor and later carved her own path, starring in the films \u201cRemember the Titans,\u201d \u201cIce Princess\u201d and \u201cBring It On: All or Nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n In her memoir, \u201cThis Is Me: A Reckoning,\u201d she detailed how her life began to spiral after she had a daughter with Ukrainian heavyweight boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko in 2014. She began drinking heavily to cope with postpartum depression and Klitschko\u2019s distance, she wrote in the book.<\/p>\n She checked into rehab and gave Klitschko custody of their child in 2018.<\/p>\n In the book, she also discussed grappling with pain and grief after her brother, Jansen Panettiere, died in 2023 from an undiagnosed heart condition<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you or someone you know is struggling with a drug or substance abuse problem, call these numbers for help: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration\u2019s national helpline is 1-800-662-HELP (1-800-662-4357<\/a>); the National Drug Helpline is 1-844-289-0879<\/a>; and the American Addiction Centers\u2019 hotline is (866) 464-3073<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actor Hayden Panettiere\u2019s death has been ruled an accident and the case is now closed, police in South…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":898636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88],"class_list":["post-898635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898635","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=898635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/898636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=898635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=898635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=898635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}