Hayden Panettiere's boyfriend Brian Hickerson was involved in a bar altercation just weeks after the late actress' sudden death.
On Sept. 12 at approximately 9:10 p.m., officers were dispatched to Wild Wing Café in South Carolina after receiving a report of an ****** ault inside the restaurant, according to a statement from the Greenville Police Department obtained by Fox News Digital.
"Upon arrival, officers located several individuals involved in an altercation and detained multiple patrons while the incident was investigated," police said.
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Hayden Panettiere's boyfriend Brian Hickerson was involved in a bar altercation on Saturday.

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Hayden Panettiere reportedly consumed an oxycodone pill mixed with fentanyl on the day she died, according to TMZ sources on Monday. However, they noted that the toxicology reports hadn't yet been released.
The 36-year-old actress passed away on August 16th in Greenville, South Carolina. TMZ reported, based on sources well-informed about the case, that Panettiere had a dealer of black market prescription drugs who worked with her in Los Angeles, and he supplied oxycodone to her.
According to the report, she consumed a variety of drugs purchased from the drug dealer on the flight from Los Angeles to South Carolina the day before her death, and she took an oxycodone pill the following morning.
Los Angeles DEA is trying to find out the connection between Panettiere and the dealer and trace the pill back to him.
The DEA in Los Angeles and South Carolina, along with state and local authorities, is investigating, according to TMZ.

#carolina

A month after the death of Hayden Panettiere, the investigation into how the "Heroes" and "Nashville" actress died now reportedly spans two coasts.
Panettiere died Aug. 16 at an apartment complex in Greenville, South Carolina, police confirmed to USA TODAY, while a 911 call obtained by Reuters, TMZ and other outlets revealed the "Scream" franchise actress was in cardiac arrest after a possible overdose. Days after her death, the Drug Enforcement Adminstration joined the investigation.
Now, investigators in both Los Angeles and South Carolina are focused on identifying what drugs may have contributed to her death and where those drugs came from, according to ABC News, citing unnamed sources.

#panettiere #south #actress #drugs

The investigation into Hayden Panettiere's death last month has reportedly gone cross-country.
Investigators are also reportedly focusing on the drugs they believe were involved in her death.
The actress died last month in South Carolina of an apparent overdose.
The investigation into Hayden Panettiere's death last month has a new update. According to sources who spoke to ABC News, the investigation is now spanning both Los Angeles and South Carolina. Investigators are also reportedly honing in on where the drugs that may have led to the 36-year-old actress's death came from.
Panettiere was ****** ounced dead on the scene on August 16 after first responders were called to a private residence in Greenville, South Carolina. According to dispatch audio obtained by People, the cause of death was "cardiac arrest" after an apparent "overdose."

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Brian Hickerson, who previously dated actress Hayden Panettiere, found himself in the middle of a police response at a South Carolina bar. A night out with his brother Zach Hickerson turned chaotic, eventually putting both men in police custody and bringing Hayden's death back into the spotlight.
As reported by TMZ, the incident happened Saturday at Wild Wing Cafe in Greenville. Brian and Zach had reportedly spent several hours drinking together before the situation escalated.
Brian eventually left their table toward the back of the bar and went over to speak with other patrons. Things soon became heated. At one point, he allegedly grabbed a stool and threw it backward.
Video obtained by TMZ shows part of the confrontation. Brian appears to be lifted off the ground by someone during an argument. He was then carried outside while a bartender could be heard shouting, "Let him go!"
Police arrived after receiving a report of an "assault." Officers found Brian and Zach involved in an altercation with other people outside the bar. Brian was placed in handcuffs during the confrontation. While officers had him detained, he said, "GPD leaked it when my girlfriend died," apparently referring to Hayden.

#hickerson #eventually

Investigators looking into Hayden Panettiere's death are reportedly focusing on a single pill they believe contained fentanyl.
Multiple law enforcement sources with direct knowledge of the investigation told TMZ that Panettiere took what she believed was oxycodone on the morning of Aug. 16, the day she died at age 36. Their working theory is that the pill had been laced with fentanyl.
The Greenville County Coroner's Office has not announced Panettiere's cause or manner of death, and toxicology results remain pending. TMZ's sources themselves cautioned that their theory still depends on those results.
The new report arrives as federal and local investigators try to determine where drugs and medications connected to Panettiere came from. The Los Angeles Times independently reported before TMZ's latest story that DEA agents and local authorities had been questioning people as part of that effort.
TMZ's sources allege that Panettiere had been obtaining black-market prescription drugs from a longtime source in Los Angeles before traveling to South Carolina on Aug. 15.

#panettiere #sources

Hayden Panettiere reportedly took a pill believed to have contained oxycodone laced with fentanyl on the day she died.
In a new report from TMZ published on Monday, September 14, law enforcement sources claimed that the pill is what led to the Scream 4 star's death. However, official toxicology results are still pending.
The sources also told the outlet that Panettiere had a "long time drug dealer" in the Los Angeles area who provided the Nashville alum with illegal prescription drugs. She reportedly purchased the pill that allegedly led to her death, as well as other drugs, the morning before she died.
The DEA in Los Angeles is reportedly investigating Panettiere's relationship with her alleged drug dealer and working to determine whether the pill she took can be traced back to him.
As In Touch previously reported, Panettiere died at the age of 36 on Sunday, August 16. The day prior, she and her on-again off-again boyfriend, Brian Hickerson, were spotted flying out of LAX to South Carolina.

#pill #dealer

Just weeks after Hayden Panettiere's sudden death, several law enforcement sources believe she died from a fentanyl overdose.
On Monday, September 14, insiders told TMZ that Panettiere had a "long time drug dealer" in Los Angeles. They providing the Heroes actress with many "black-market prescription drugs," including oxcodone. The outlet learned that Panettiere allegedly took numerous pills during her flight from LA to South Carolina, and on the morning of her death, she reportedly took an oxcodone, which authorities believe was laced with fentanyl.
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New details are emerging regarding the investigation into Hayden Panettiere's death.
The probe into the actress' death has become a "cross-country investigation" in both Los Angeles and South Carolina, per ABC News. The type of drugs and where they came from has become a new focal point in the investigation.
TMZ subsequently reported that Panettiere had a "long time drug dealer" in Los Angeles who allegedly gave her several prescription drugs, including oxycodone. The outlet's sources suggest she purchased the fatal dose on a flight from L.A. to South Carolina, where she died on Aug. 16 at 36. TMZ reports that the pill she took the morning of her death could have allegedly been laced with fentanyl.
On Aug. 16, first responders had found Panettiere "unresponsive" and "in cardiac arrest" at the apartment complex she had been temporarily staying, per the Greenville County Coroner's Office. After "resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful," she was **** ounced dead at the scene.
The coroner's office reported that the autopsy was completed on Aug. 17, and there were "no signs of trauma" that "would have contributed to the death."

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Hayden Panettiere's boyfriend, Brian Hickerson, has met with federal investigators as authorities continue looking into the circumstances surrounding the actress' death.
Hickerson, 37, has spoken with the DEA, according to a report TMZ published on Thursday, September 10, citing sources with direct knowledge of the investigation. Local and federal authorities are focusing on identifying the person who may have supplied Panettiere, 36, with substances that could have contributed to her death, with one source explaining that investigators are "zeroing in on a potential drug dealer."
No arrests have been made, and investigators are still awaiting toxicology results that could determine Panettiere's official cause of death, according to the outlet.
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The Nashville star was found unresponsive at a short-term rental in Greenville, South Carolina, on August 16. Despite efforts to revive her, Panettiere was ******* ounced dead. She left behind a daughter, Kaya, 11, whom she shared with ex-fiancé Wladimir Klitschko.

#panettiere #federal

Brian Hickerson repeatedly pursued another woman months before Hayden Panettiere died at the South Carolina Airbnb where she had been staying with him. According to messages reviewed by Page Six, the exchanges began less than four weeks after Hickerson and Panettiere were last photographed together, adding another unanswered question about the status of their turbulent relationship before her death.
The now-26-year-old Greenville woman said she met Hickerson at a nightclub on March 28 but was heavily intoxicated and remembered little about the encounter. The next day, Hickerson allegedly contacted her on Instagram. "Great meeting you last night, pretty lady," he wrote. "I owe you a date."
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He invited her to meet him for a drink, then, after she replied several days later, proposed dinner at Halls Chophouse.
According to the messages, Hickerson told the woman he had recently moved back to Greenville from Los Angeles and said meeting "a pretty girl" in his hometown had been a welcome surprise.

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Hayden Panettiere's mother is breaking her silence about the year of no contact that preceded her daughter's death, and the painful phone call that made it unavoidable.
In an interview with Good Morning America that aired on Monday (August 24), Lesley Vogel shared that she severed ties after Panettiere called to announce her return to on-and-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson. The news came after Vogel spent roughly six weeks visiting Los Angeles to help the actress with her health struggles.
"When I got the phone call from her saying, 'I'm going to be with the person I love,' and I just lost it," Vogel said, per People. "I could not believe that she had gone that far back. That he had been successful in reeling her back in with all of the things he had done to her."
For the sake of her own well-being, Vogel says she distanced herself.
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Hayden Panettiere's on-again, off-again boyfriend Brian Hickerson is terrified that her estranged mother, Lesley Vogel, will stop at nothing to finish him following the actress' death, a source tells In Touch.
As In Touch previously reported, Brian, 37, and his brother, Zach Hickerson, were both on the scene when paramedics responded to a 911 call involving the Nashville star, 35, in Greenville, South Carolina on Sunday, August 16. Despite attempts to revive her, Panettiere was ******* ounced dead, leaving behind an 11-year-old daughter, Kaya, with ex-fiancé Wladimir Klitschko.
"Brian swears up and down that he's been completely honest about what happened the day Hayden died, but make no mistake, he's terrified right now," reveals the source. "The DEA is investigating. It's very serious, and Hayden's mom is clearly on the warpath."
Vogel, 70, told the Daily Mail that she raised questions about Brian's account of Panettiere's final hours to law enforcement, including the idea that he simply found her unresponsive.
"I don't know how you can take a nap near someone who's dying and not realize something's wrong. How do you do that?" Vogel told the outlet. "When the EMTs came, it was for cardiac arrest. People in cardiac arrest aren't just lying still. They make noise."

#touch #terrified

After Hayden Panettiere's untimely death was announced, there were a lot of questions about her on-and-off boyfriend, Brian Hickerson. Hickerson was reportedly with Panettiere when she died on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026.
Their relationship, however, had been rocky for years. According to Page Six, Hickerson pursued another woman just months before Panettiere's death. The outlet reviewed messages between Hickerson and a 26-year-old woman from Greenville, S.C., that show him pursuing her.
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Brian Hickerson's sister says she understands what kept drawing Hayden Panettiere back to her brother during their years-long, on-and-off relationship.
Ashley Hickerson described Brian as "the most charismatic person" in comments reported by Page Six from a Daily Mail interview. "I get why Hayden was with him," she said. "He could make you laugh no matter what."
Ashley said Brian began using drugs, and that was when his behavior changed. She said he later went to treatment and took responsibility for what he had done.
Panettiere discussed the relationship in May during an interview with Jay Shetty. She said there were times when she believed she had finally gotten away from Brian.
"Abusers, they weave themselves like weeds into your life," she said.

#hayden

Megyn Kelly is not mincing words when it comes to how she feels about Melissa Gilbert.
During the Wednesday, August 26, episode of The Megyn Kelly Show, the 55-year-old political commentator blasted the Little House on the Prairie alum, 62, for writing a Substack essay following Hayden Panettiere's death calling for protection of child stars.
Gilbert's husband, Timothy Busfield, is currently facing charges of criminal **** ual contact of a minor under the age of 13, and he has been accused by multiple people of **** ual misconduct.
Busfield, 69, has denied all the allegations against him.
"Got some thoughts on Melissa Gilbert trying to rush into the Hayden Panettiere story with her torch, talking about how we really need to protect young women in Hollywood," Kelly began. "Tell it to your pervert husband. This is unbelievable."

#megyn #hayden #husband #wednesday

More than a week after Hayden Panettiere was ******* ounced dead in an apartment in Greenville, South Carolina, more than six federal agents reportedly visited her building in West Hollywood.
A witness who was inside the California building told Us Weekly in a report published Wednesday, August 25, that agents went to the residence the night before and had a search warrant.
While questions surround the Nashville alum's death, her rep previously told the publication that people should not feed into what's being said online.
"Many people who were not close to Hayden are using her death as an opportunity to fuel gossip and speculation about a situation they knew very little about," the rep said in a statement on Tuesday. "It is deeply disrespectful to her memory and to those who knew and loved her and are actively grieving this tremendous loss."
"If you have legitimate information that could be helpful, please contact law enforcement rather than turning to social media to speculate publicly about something you do not fully understand," the statement continued. "There is much more to this story than what is currently being discussed publicly, and those closest to Hayden are actively cooperating with the ongoing investigation to help ensure that the truth comes to light and that justice is properly served."

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It is, of course, an urban legend — a cultural superstition. The idea that some cosmic decree has doomed celebrities to die in groups of three? That when one star dies, two more are fated to follow in quick succession? Preposterous!
And yet… actor Hayden Panettiere died last Monday. Country legend Dolly Parton succumbed to cancer on Tuesday. And now actor Tim Curry has been taken from us too.
The so-called Celebrity Death Rule of Threes can't be real, can it? Can it?
At times like these, one can't help but wonder. And times like these — times when outrageous fortune forces fans to mourn three stars at once — are more common than one might think.
Here's a brief history:

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Hayden Panettiere's on-and-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson was with her at the time of her death in South Carolina. Now, a neighbor from Hayden's home in Los Angeles is coming forward with disturbing claims about what she says she witnessed in the years leading up to Hayden's tragic death. Hickerson's attorney told Access that Hayden's death remains under investigation and that they had no further comment following the neighbor's allegations.

#hayden #carolina

Brian Hickerson's troubled history with Hayden Panettiere is facing renewed scrutiny following the actress' death earlier this month.
New details from court records now reveal that Hickerson voluntarily sought domestic violence counseling after a 2020 arrest, while his past legal and financial troubles have also come back into focus.
The revelations further reinforce the complicated relationship between Brian Hickerson and Hayden Panettiere, who had an on-and-off relationship marked by domestic violence allegations and legal encounters.
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After Panettiere accused Hickerson of **** ault in 2020, court documents show that he took steps toward addressing the allegations.

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In 2026, several celebrities—actors, directors, reality stars, and more—passed away. Most recently, former Heroes and Scream star Hayden Panettiere was found dead in her South Carolina home at 36. We've also had to say goodbye to Hollywood legends like Catherine O'Hara, action star Chuck Norris, Dawson's Creek's James Van Der Beek, as well as TV producer Ted Turner.
Let's now remember the celebrities who died in 2026.
T.K. Carter
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December 18, 1956 – January 9, 2026 (69 years old)

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DEA agents are now ***** isting in the investigation(s) into Hayden Panettiere's death, TMZ has learned.
News of the agency's involvement comes mere hours after officers for the Greenville Police Department visited the family home of her on-again, off-again boyfriend Brian Hickerson. Sources tell TMZ that the police department launched a separate and parallel investigation to the one already underway by the coroner's office, to determine the cause and manner of her death, which was deemed "unexpected" due to her age of 36. The DEA is reportedly helping out with both investigations.
When Panettiere's mother Lesley Vogel spoke out following her daughter's death, she was critical of her daughter's relationship with Hickerson. "This person in her life that we have been trying to get rid of for quite some time was with her at her death, and that was Brian Hickerson," Vogel said.
Panettiere was found unresponsive in her Greenville, South Carolina home on Sunday (Aug. 16). According to TMZ, Hickerson's brother Zach found the actress in cardiac arrest in a chair in the living room, while Brian was asleep in a separate bedroom. When paramedics and officers arrived at the residence, life-saving measures were taken, but Panettiere was later ***** ounced dead.
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#death #hickerson #greenville #vogel

James Blunt shared an article Monday defending himself amid rumors that he was the "very famous" and "undressed" British singer-songwriter Hayden Panettiere was left in bed on a boat with at age 18.
The article, ****** led "Hayden Panettiere and James Blunt – An Internet Lynching" from the Substack "WTF With Dean Piper," goes into the allegations that have swirled since Panettiere's death on Aug. 21 as fans revisit the troubled actress' May 2026 memoir, "This Is Me: A Reckoning." Piper argues that Blunt couldn't have been the man in question.
Blunt shared the article on X in apparent agreement on Monday, simply adding, "
" to the post.
In "This Is Me," Panettiere described being introduced to a "a famous thirty-something British singer-songwriter lying in a bed" on a boat, where her friend said, "I want you to get in bed with him. He has a huge ****** ." The late actress was 18 years old at the time and remembered the experience as a past trauma. She said, "This is not going to happen," before leaving the room but being stuck on the boat.

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James Blunt is putting a stop to rumours that he was the "undressed" and "very famous" man Hayden Panettiere found herself in bed with on a yacht when she was 18 years old.
In her memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning, Panettiere described the man as a "famous thirty-something British singer-songwriter", to whom she was "delivered".
On Monday, the You're Beautiful singer shared to X a link to a Substack article by journalist Dean Piper which seeks to debunk the speculation that Blunt is the unnamed man.
The piece, **** led Hayden Panettiere and James Blunt, An Internet Lynching, notes that the timing is all wrong.
"It only takes the smallest of AI searches to find out that in May 2009, when pictures of Blunt and Panettiere were taken, she was 19, almost 20. So, if the incident happened when she was 18, Blunt's not your guy."
Piper also argues that Panettiere's story of the disturbing encounter, in which she fled from the room and hid somewhere else on the boat, doesn't match up with her and Blunt being seen together multiple times after the event.

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James Blunt shared an article denying that American actress Hayden Panettiere was brought to his bed when she was 18.
Panettiere, a former child actress known for her roles in Nashville and Heroes, died on Aug 16 aged 36 in a suspected overdose. Her official cause of death has not yet been revealed.
In her May 2026 autobiography This Is Me: A Reckoning, Panettiere recounted an incident in which she said an unnamed woman asked her to get in bed with an "undressed" and "very famous" British singer in his 30s on a yacht in France.
She wrote that she was 18 at the time and the incident led to her hiding on the boat.
Since her death, theories began circulating that Blunt was the unidentified British singer-songwriter she wrote about in her memoir. Online sleuths pointed to a picture of the pair together in 2009.

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James Blunt is firing back at allegations he was the older "famous thirty-something British singer-songwriter" in Hayden Panettiere's yacht story.
In her memoir, "This Is Me: A Reckoning,"Panettiere writes about when she was 18 years old, and a friend, whom she called Stella in the book, took her on a boat and led her to a room with a "famous thirty-something British singer-songwriter" in it and told her to perform ****** acts on him.
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"My body no longer felt like my own," Panettiere wrote, according to Entertainment Weekly. "The shock was so great it didn't even occur to me to say no. Stella was one of my closest, most trusted friends, and this couldn't be real. There was no way she'd ever let anything happen to me."

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Hayden Panettiere reportedly gave security strict instructions. The detail has emerged following her death at age 36. The actress and singer had told security to keep ex-boyfriend Brian Hickerson away from her Manhattan book signing.
The incident reportedly happened while the Sleepwalker star was promoting her memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning. According to The New York Times, her private security team was instructed to prevent Hickerson from entering the Barnes & **** le event.
Panettiere and Hickerson dated on and off from 2018 to 2022. Their relationship included multiple domestic violence incidents, and Hickerson pleaded no contest in 2021 to two felony counts of injuring a significant other. He received a five-year protective order and served 13 days of a 45-day jail sentence after credit for time served.
In This Is Me: A Reckoning, Panettiere opened up about the abuse she said she experienced during their relationship. The 36-year-old wrote, "I never wanted to call myself a victim, but here I am. It's part of my story whether I want it to be or not."
The actress also described how violence escalated over time. Panettiere said, "You never forget the first time someone slaps you nor do you forget the last."

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James Blunt reacted to speculation he was involved in an inappropriate incident with a then teenage Hayden Panettiere.
The British singer-songwriter shared an article in his defense.
Panettiere wrote about being left in a bed with a naked and "very famous" man when she was 18 in her memoir.
James Blunt has reacted to speculation that he had an inappropriate experience with a teenage Hayden Panettiere aboard a boat years ago.
The English singer-songwriter shared a piece ***** led "Hayden Panettiere and James Blunt – An Internet Lynching" from the WTF With Dean Piper Substack on X Monday, which debunks the speculation.

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Hayden Panettiere's mother claims Brian Hickerson ***** ed some of the actress's possessions before her death, including a vintage guitar, adding a new allegation to the scrutiny surrounding their turbulent relationship.
Lesley Vogel made the claim in an interview published Sunday by The New York Times. Vogel said Panettiere was "shocked" to discover that more of her belongings were in a storage unit belonging to Hickerson, her on-and-off partner.
Hickerson has not directly responded to the allegation that he ***** ed her property. His attorneys previously said Panettiere's death remained under investigation and that police had found no signs of foul play. When Page Six sought comment on the property allegations, his legal team referred the outlet back to that statement.
Panettiere died August 16 at age 36 after she was found unresponsive in Greenville, South Carolina. An ***** ociated Press report based on Greenville police records placed Hickerson and his brother Zach at the apartment. An autopsy found no signs of trauma, police reported no indication of foul play and her official cause of death remains under investigation.
Vogel told the Times that she became alarmed after learning Hickerson had ***** ed some of her daughter's belongings, including a vintage guitar. She also said Panettiere herself was stunned to discover that some of her possessions were being kept in a storage unit under Hickerson's control. A second person who spoke anonymously to the Times supported the narrower claim that Hickerson had sold some of Panettiere's property.

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Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Lesley Vogel, the mother of late Heroes star Hayden Panettiere, says her daughter's death still "doesn't feel real."
Vogel, 70, discussed Panettiere and the actress' relationship with her on-again, off-again boyfriend Brian Hickerson in an interview Monday on Good Morning America.
Panettiere, who started acting as a child and later starred in Nashville, Ice Princess and Scream 4, died Aug. 16 at age 36. The actress had described her struggles with addiction, postpartum depression and her fraught relationship with Vogel in her memoir This is Me, released in May.
In the GMA interview, Vogel addressed her "haters" and said critics "don't have a right to tell me how I mourn the loss of my second child" following the death of Panettiere's brother, Jansen, at age 28 in 2023.
When asked to share the "truth" of her relationship with Panettiere, Vogel said the star had "a very happy life" until she landed a lead role in Heroes at age 16.

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