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Hayden Panettiere Grants Full Custody to Ex-Fiancé Klitschko

7/20/2026

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Hayden Panettiere gave full custody of her 11-year-old daughter Kaya to ex-fiancé Wladimir Klitschko, and Kaya has lived with him since 2018.
She called the decision “the most gut-wracking experience of my life” in her memoir and survived a “code crimson” C-section, seven blood transfusions and a three-hour emergency surgery after doctors warned of microcephaly.
Postpartum depression drove her to alcohol, prompting treatment when Kaya was four months old.

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Hayden Panettiere gave full custody of her 11-year-old daughter Kaya to ex-fiancé Wladimir Klitschko, and Kaya has lived with him since 2018.
She called the decision “the most gut-wracking experience of my life” in her memoir and survived a “code crimson” C-section, seven blood transfusions and a three-hour emergency surgery after doctors warned of microcephaly.
Postpartum depression drove her to alcohol, prompting treatment when Kaya was four months old.