@news.com.au: Hayden’s estranged mother, Lesley Vogel, has spoken out about her daughter’s death for the first time, slamming her daughter’s boyfriend, saying "This person in her life that we have been trying to get rid of for quite some time was with her at her death,” she added, “and that was Brian Hickerson.” An insider told Page Six that Panettiere kept her friends “in the dark” about reconnecting with Brian before she died. “If Brian was back in her life, then it was something she was hiding because she wasn’t speaking about it with many of her friends." Hickerson had previously served time in jail in 2021 after pleading no contest to two felony counts of domestic violence against Panettiere. Brian, according to the report, showed police a “bag of medication” that Panettiere was taking at the time of her death. There is no suggestion either of the Hickerson brothers are under investigation or implicated in any wrongdoing. #haydenpanttiere #brianhickerson #rip #tragedy #paramedics #mugshot

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