Hayden Panettiere’s BF
Choose Says Lowered Prices Are A No-Go in His DV Case
… Involving The Late Actress
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August 17, 2026
8:08 PM PDT
Brian Hickerson suffered a authorized setback simply days earlier than the demise of his on-again, off-again girlfriend, Hayden Panettiere … TMZ has confirmed.
A decide denied Hickerson’s request to have his previous felony home violence expenses lowered to misdemeanors, in addition to his request to expunge the convictions, in accordance with courtroom paperwork, obtained by TMZ.
The ruling got here Thursday, August 13 … simply three days earlier than Panettiere died at age 36. Hickerson pleaded no contest in April 2021 to 2 felony counts of injuring a partner or girlfriend following a string of incidents involving Panettiere between Might 2019 and January 2020. He had initially confronted an eight-count prison case.
The prosecution opposed Hickerson’s newest requests through the August 13 listening to, and Choose Olivia Rosales in the end denied the motions. The Los Angeles County District Lawyer’s Workplace confirmed the ruling to Web page Six, who was the primary to report this information.
Hickerson was sentenced in 2021 to 45 days in jail, of which he served 33, together with 4 years of probation, necessary home violence lessons and a five-year restraining order.
TMZ completely reported that Hayden and Brian lately acquired again collectively — however they saved their rekindled romance to themselves to be able to defend her profession.
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In Might we caught up with Brian … and he advised us he nonetheless considered marrying Hayden and hadn’t misplaced hope they might in the future discover their manner again to one another. Whereas Brian ultimately acquired his want, Hayden did not instantly sound too stoked on his hypothetical proposal.
Hayden was noticed in Might at LAX and laughed off the concept of marrying her then ex-BF … however it looks like the tables had turned main as much as her demise.
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As you already know … Hayden handed away Sunday in Greenville, SC after a buddy referred to as 911 at 1:51 PM suspecting the “Nashville” actress was in cardiac arrest because of an overdose — Hayden was pronounced useless at 2:32 PM after medics carried out “superior cardiac life assist.”
It’s unclear if Brian was who made the decision or if a second affected person was being handled — 2 ambulances responded to the scene, however in the end  nobody was wheeled out of the house and the ambulances left with out a affected person inside.
Hayden was pronounced useless on the scene and her physique was taken away in a coroner’s van.
