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Judge Rejects Bid to Reduce Hickerson Domestic Violence Convictions

8/19/2026

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Brian Hickerson Present

Greenville police confirmed Brian Hickerson was with Panettiere during her cardiac arrest on Aug 16, 2026.
He stayed composed while Zach Hickerson was emotional and later handed officers an unidentified bag of her medication.
The coroner’s autopsy found no trauma, leaving cause and manner of death pending pending toxicology results due in eight weeks.
Police knocked on the Hickerson home in South Carolina on Aug 19, 2026, without revealing why.

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Brian Hickerson Rejected

Los Angeles judge rejected Brian Hickerson’s bid to reduce his 2021 felony domestic-violence convictions to misdemeanors on Aug 13 2026.
Lesley Vogel told NBC on Aug 18 2026 the family tried to “get rid” of Brian and mourned his presence at her daughter’s death.
Wladimir Klitschko posted on Aug 18 2026 that the loss was a “profound shock and grief” and pledged to keep daughter Kaya’s memory of her mother alive.

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Brian Hickerson Present

Greenville police confirmed Brian Hickerson was with Panettiere during her cardiac arrest on Aug 16, 2026.
He stayed composed while Zach Hickerson was emotional and later handed officers an unidentified bag of her medication.
The coroner’s autopsy found no trauma, leaving cause and manner of death pending pending toxicology results due in eight weeks.
Police knocked on the Hickerson home in South Carolina on Aug 19, 2026, without revealing why.

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