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Hayden Panettiere and Brian Hickerson. MEGA/GC Images Hayden Panettiere‘s West Hollywood neighbor claims she called 911 at least six times to report disturbances in the Nashville and Heroes star’s apartment. Mia Terrazzas told Inside Edition she believed she “absolutely” heard instances of domestic violence between Panettiere and, allegedly, her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Brian Hickerson.
“I saw her leaving on a gurney,” she said. “Brian was right next to her. And I asked her if she was OK, and it looked to me like she had suffered some type of trauma that looked to be battering. It was clear she was terrified.”
Terrazzas told the TV tabloid that Panettiere seemed like a different person when Hickerson was around, losing her brightness and appearing more subdued.
Hickerson, who has not made any public comments following Panettiere’s death, was with the star in Greenville, South Carolina when she died. A police report, via NBC News, said that he was present with his brother, Zach, the latter of whom showed police a “bag of medication” that Panettiere had been taking. An autopsy reported “no signs of trauma … that would have contributed to the death.” (The DEA is reportedly investigating Panettiere’s death.)
