{"id":258647,"date":"2026-08-20T19:50:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/20\/brian-hickerson-breaks-his-silence-after-hayden-panettieres-death\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T19:50:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:50:43","slug":"brian-hickerson-breaks-his-silence-after-hayden-panettieres-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/20\/brian-hickerson-breaks-his-silence-after-hayden-panettieres-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Hickerson Breaks His Silence After Hayden Panettiere\u2019s Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Brian Hickerson is speaking out following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/08\/hayden-panettiere-seemed-different-lonely-on-set-of-final-film-costar-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the sudden death of his on-and-off girlfriend, Hayden Panettiere<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hickerson\u2019s attorney, Sloan Ellis, issued a brief statement Thursday as questions continue to surround the actress\u2019 death at age 36.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHayden\u2019s death remains under investigation and it is important to allow that investigation to proceed,\u201d Ellis told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/08\/20\/hayden-panettiere-boyfriend-brian-hickerson-breaks-silence-on-her-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TMZ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-510539452-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"Hayden Panettiere (ABC's Nashville) performs during &quot;Nashville for Africa&quot; a Benefit for the African Childrens Choir at the Ryman Auditorium on February 15, 2016 in Nashville, Tennessee.\" class=\"wp-image-561547 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-510539452-1024x703.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-510539452-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-510539452-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-510539452-2048x1406.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-510539452-960x659.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-510539452-1080x742.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-510539452-1200x824.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-510539452-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hayden Panettiere (ABC\u2019s Nashville) performs during \u201cNashville for Africa\u201d a Benefit for the African Childrens Choir at the Ryman Auditorium on February 15, 2016 in Nashville, Tennessee.  <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Rick Diamond\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ellis went on to stress that there is no indication that foul play factored into Hayden\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs has been publicly reported, police confirmed there were no signs of foul play,\u201d he continued, adding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOut of respect for Hayden\u2019s loved ones and the ongoing investigation, there will be no further comment at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Panettiere was found unresponsive at a residence in Greenville, South Carolina, on Sunday, August 16. <\/p>\n<p>First responders attempted to revive the actress, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>A police report subsequently confirmed that Hickerson and his brother, Zach, were at the residence when emergency personnel arrived. According to the report, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/08\/hayden-panettiere-was-taking-bag-of-9-medications-at-time-of-death-boyfriend-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hickerson showed police a bag containing medications<\/a> Panettiere had been taking.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYsh8Hij-JE\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>Authorities have stressed that the investigation remains ongoing. <\/p>\n<p>The Greenville County Coroner\u2019s Office previously said an autopsy found no signs of trauma that contributed to Panettiere\u2019s death, while her official cause and manner of death remain pending additional investigation and testing.<\/p>\n<p>Hickerson and Panettiere had a complicated history. <\/p>\n<p>The pair began dating in 2018 and endured multiple breakups and reconciliations. Their relationship also included allegations of domestic violence, with Hickerson pleading no contest to felony charges involving Panettiere in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/08\/brian-hickersons-family-home-receives-visit-from-police-following-death-of-hayden-panettiere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">police visited Hickerson\u2019s family home<\/a> as part of a probe to determine if criminal conduct played a role in Hayden\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>Now, as investigators work to determine exactly what happened to the beloved actress, Hickerson is asking the public to let them do their job.<\/p>\n<p>For now, he says there will be no more comments from his side.<\/p>\n<p>We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/08\/brian-hickerson-breaks-his-silence-after-hayden-panettieres-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes Brian Hickerson is speaking out following the sudden death of his on-and-off girlfriend, Hayden Panettiere. Hickerson\u2019s attorney, Sloan Ellis, issued a brief statement Thursday as questions continue to surround the actress\u2019 death at age 36. \u201cHayden\u2019s death remains under investigation and it is important to allow that investigation to proceed,\u201d Ellis [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":258648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-258647","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}