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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 21

Neighbor Says She Made Multiple 911 Calls Over Hayden Panettiere Disturbances as Death Probe Continues

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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 21

Neighbor Says She Made Multiple 911 Calls Over Hayden Panettiere Disturbances as Death Probe Continues

Q: What role did a judge's ruling just days before Hayden Panettiere's death play in the tragic events that followed?

The judge’s ruling appears to have had no proven direct role in Hayden Panettiere’s death, but it sharply renewed attention to Brian Hickerson’s abuse record just days before she died. On Aug. 13, a Los Angeles judge denied Hickerson’s request to reduce and expunge his 2021 felony domestic violence convictions tied to Panettiere. That meant the convictions remained in place as felonies and publicly underscored the history of abuse in their relationship only three days before Panettiere was found unresponsive in South Carolina. What followed is tragic but still unresolved. Panettiere died on Aug. 16 in Greenville, where Hickerson and his brother were present and called 911. Authorities have said there were no obvious signs of trauma, and the coroner has not yet determined the cause or manner of death. Dispatch audio referenced a possible overdose and cardiac arrest, and the DEA has joined the investigation. So far, no authority has said the Aug. 13 ruling caused or triggered the events that followed. The ruling’s clear significance is contextual: it reinforced that Hickerson’s prior abuse convictions remained legally intact at the very moment investigators and the public began scrutinizing his presence at Panettiere’s death scene. In practical terms, the ruling did not change the death investigation itself, but it intensified concern because it reminded everyone that Hickerson had recently failed in court to clear convictions stemming from violence against Panettiere.

3 articles · Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 21

Mia Terrazzas told Inside Edition she called 911 multiple times after hearing repeated disturbances from Hayden Panettiere’s West Hollywood apartment and said she believed there were clear signs of domestic violence.
Terrazzas said she once saw Panettiere taken away on a gurney, appearing frightened and injured, and alleged Brian Hickerson also damaged the apartment with a sledgehammer; authorities have not independently verified those claims.
The neighbor said the homeowners association briefly posted notices urging residents to call 911 if Hickerson appeared on the property, though she said the warnings were removed about a week later.
Hickerson served 45 days in jail in 2021 after pleading no contest to 2 felony counts of injuring Panettiere, and Panettiere described abuse involving him in her memoir published earlier this year.
Investigators are still examining Panettiere’s death in South Carolina after she was pronounced dead Sunday; the coroner has not confirmed a cause, police reported no obvious trauma, and ABC said the DEA joined the case.