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Judge Denies Hickerson Bid to Reduce Felony Abuse Charges

By Drooid · Sep 14, 2026, 3:10 PM UTC · How we work

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Jenna Panettiere Memoir

A Los Angeles judge denied Brian Hickerson’s request to downgrade his felony abuse convictions to misdemeanors last month.
Brian Hickerson previously pleaded no contest to two felony abuse counts and served probation and AA sessions.
Jenna Panettiere released memoir “This Is Me: A Reckoning” in May 2026 describing opioid addiction and postpartum depression.
Her 11-year-old daughter Kaya, fathered by boxer Wladimir Klitschko, has lived full-time in Ukraine since age two.

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Hayden Panettiere Overdose

Hayden Panettiere died at a Greenville, South Carolina residence on August 16, 2026.
Investigators say a single oxycodone pill, allegedly laced with fentanyl, caused the overdose.
Sources claim the pill was bought from a long-time black-market dealer in Los Angeles.
Brian Hickerson gave Panettiere Narcan before emergency responders pronounced her dead at 2:32 p.m.
The DEA and Greenville County Coroner’s Office will release toxicology results in about eight weeks.

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Brian Hickerson Bar Fight

Brian Hickerson and his brother fought in a bar on Sept. 12; his brother was arrested for disorderly conduct.
Greenville police performed a welfare check at the Hickerson home on Aug. 19, unrelated to the death probe.
Hickerson graduated from the University of South Carolina’s Moore School of Business in 2011.
He works as an executive assistant for a high-profile confidential client, according to LinkedIn.

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Jenna Panettiere Memoir

A Los Angeles judge denied Brian Hickerson’s request to downgrade his felony abuse convictions to misdemeanors last month.
Brian Hickerson previously pleaded no contest to two felony abuse counts and served probation and AA sessions.
Jenna Panettiere released memoir “This Is Me: A Reckoning” in May 2026 describing opioid addiction and postpartum depression.
Her 11-year-old daughter Kaya, fathered by boxer Wladimir Klitschko, has lived full-time in Ukraine since age two.

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