Hayden Panettiere’s Neighbor Says She Called 911 Six Times Over Disturbances Involving Brian Hickerson

A former neighbor of Hayden Panettiere says she called 911 at least six times over disturbances involving the actress and her on-again, off-again boyfriend Brian Hickerson, describing incidents she believed were connected to domestic violence at Panettiere’s West Hollywood home.

Mia Terrazzas told Inside Edition that she repeatedly contacted police because of what she heard and witnessed while living near Panettiere. She recalled seeing the actress taken from the building on a gurney with Hickerson nearby and said Panettiere appeared injured and frightened. Terrazzas also said the actress became noticeably more subdued when Hickerson was around.

Hickerson has a documented legal history involving domestic violence and Panettiere. In 2021, he pleaded no contest to two felony counts of injuring a spouse or girlfriend and was sentenced to probation, counseling, and jail time. On Aug. 13, just days before Panettiere’s death, a Los Angeles judge denied Hickerson’s request to reduce the felony convictions to misdemeanors and expunge the case from his record.

Panettiere also detailed alleged abuse during their relationship in her memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning, released in May. She described multiple incidents of physical violence, including one she said left her unable to leave her home for weeks. Panettiere had previously obtained a restraining order against Hickerson in 2020.

The neighbor’s account emerged days after Panettiere died at age 36 in Greenville, South Carolina. Hickerson and his brother Zach were present at the residence where she was found unresponsive, according to a police report. Hickerson showed responding officers a bag of medication Panettiere had reportedly been taking.

An autopsy found no signs of trauma that contributed to her death, and police have said their preliminary investigation found no evidence of foul play or suspicious circumstances. Her cause and manner of death remain pending.

The Drug Enforcement Administration has since joined the investigation. Greenville police remain the lead agency, with the DEA assisting, although authorities have not publicly said what prompted the federal agency’s involvement.

Panettiere’s mother, Lesley Vogel, said this week that the family had long been concerned about Hickerson’s influence on her daughter and disputed earlier suggestions that the two were no longer spending time together.

Hickerson’s attorney, Sloan Ellis, issued a statement Thursday saying Panettiere’s death remains under investigation and pointing to police findings that there were no signs of foul play. Ellis said there would be no further comment out of respect for Panettiere’s family and the ongoing investigation.

The Greenville County Coroner’s Office has not determined Panettiere’s cause or manner of death as investigators await additional testing.