Brian Hickerson, present when Hayden Panettiere died in South Carolina, allegedly showed police her medication and remained calm until after she was declared dead — a stark contrast to his brother’s emotional outburst. Hickerson’s past legal battles with Panettiere, including a 2021 jail sentence for assault and domestic violence charges, resurface as authorities investigate her death with no immediate signs of foul play. Toxicology results, which could take up to eight weeks, may reveal the cause — while Hickerson’s bid to reduce those prior felony charges was denied just days before her passing.

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