{"id":33060,"date":"2026-08-21T13:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T13:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=33060"},"modified":"2026-08-21T13:00:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T13:00:32","slug":"hayden-panettieres-boyfriend-speaks-out-as-questions-surround-her-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=33060","title":{"rendered":"Hayden Panettiere\u2019s Boyfriend Speaks Out as Questions Surround Her Death."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"27\" data-end=\"93\"><strong data-start=\"27\" data-end=\"93\">Brian Hickerson Breaks Silence After Hayden Panettiere\u2019s Death<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"95\" data-end=\"254\">Brian Hickerson has spoken out following the sudden death of actress <strong data-start=\"164\" data-end=\"185\">Hayden Panettiere<\/strong>, who was found unresponsive in a South Carolina apartment at age 36.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"256\" data-end=\"474\">Through his attorney, Hickerson said the investigation is still ongoing and asked that authorities be allowed to complete their work before conclusions are drawn. Police have reportedly found <strong data-start=\"448\" data-end=\"473\">no signs of foul play<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"476\" data-end=\"650\">Panettiere was discovered by Hickerson\u2019s brother, Zach, while Brian was reportedly sleeping in another room. Emergency responders attempted CPR, but she could not be revived.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"652\" data-end=\"810\">Authorities have not announced an official cause of death. An autopsy reportedly found no trauma, while the DEA has also become involved in the investigation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"812\" data-end=\"1009\">Hickerson and Panettiere had an on-and-off relationship dating back to 2018. Their relationship had a troubled history, including Hickerson\u2019s 2021 conviction for domestic violence-related offenses.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1011\" data-end=\"1073\">Despite their past, the two remained connected over the years.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1075\" data-end=\"1198\">Panettiere, known for <strong data-start=\"1097\" data-end=\"1109\">\u201cHeroes\u201d<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1114\" data-end=\"1130\">\u201cNashville,\u201d<\/strong> had also spoken publicly about addiction and postpartum depression.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1200\" data-end=\"1335\">Her former fianc\u00e9, Wladimir Klitschko, said the family is dealing with profound grief, especially for their 11-year-old daughter, Kaya.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1337\" data-end=\"1444\"><strong data-start=\"1337\" data-end=\"1444\">The investigation remains ongoing, and the final cause of Panettiere\u2019s death has not yet been released.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3GyQijdlZUg?si=Ho2ZyyL1x0Fbxzhz\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Hickerson Breaks Silence After Hayden Panettiere\u2019s Death Brian Hickerson has spoken out following the sudden death of actress Hayden Panettiere, who was found unresponsive in a South Carolina apartment at age 36. Through his attorney, Hickerson said the investigation is still ongoing and asked that authorities be allowed to complete their work before conclusions&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=33060\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Hayden Panettiere\u2019s Boyfriend Speaks Out as Questions Surround Her Death.&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33061,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33060"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33062,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33060\/revisions\/33062"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}