Police intervened Hayden PanettiereA week before the actress’ death, she checked in at her West Hollywood apartment for a benefits check.
We He specifically obtained a call report from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department revealing that someone had requested welfare on a woman who was not responding to phone calls at the residence.
Panettiere was not identified in the heavily redacted report, but a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed that the benefits check was made for Panettiere. Nashville star. “He had become unresponsive to many people around him and there was anxiety,” the insider said We.
According to records, the caller was “concerned” that the unidentified white woman “was not answering the phone.”
Hayden Panettiere
Jason Merritt/Getty ImagesThe 911 call was made at 10 p.m. on Aug. 9, just a week before Panettiere was found dead in a South Carolina Airbnb. He was 36 years old.
When the officers responded, they were given the following information:[redacted] “I was sick all day and didn’t feel well.” The source says he is Panettiere’s on-and-off boyfriend. Brian HickersonAllegedly he was the one who opened the door.
The source also claims that “the actress, who was hospitalized a week before her death,” informed a friend who came to see her that Brian had taken her phone call.
Law enforcement reported no further pursuit, records show.
The call for service report also showed that sheriff’s deputies responded to Panettiere’s Los Angeles home two more times in 2025.
A new police report sheds new light on who discovered Hayden Panettiere in the final moments of her life. According to a City of Greenville Police Department incident report obtained by us, authorities spoke with Panettiere’s ex-boyfriend Brian Hickerson and his brother Zach Hickerson that day at an apartment complex in Greenville, South Carolina. […]
At 11:47 a.m. on Aug. 4, 2025, officers were alerted to a white male wearing a green polo, sweaty and without shoes, attempting to enter a unit on the third floor of the complex.
When police arrived at 12:15 p.m., the male “had left the location.” This is an “ongoing problem,” the report said. Authorities appeared to advise the caller to “change” [the] locks” and notify them if the unidentified male returns.
Just hours later, at 3:50 p.m., the same man was reportedly seen entering and exiting the apartment complex, according to the report. Officers arrived at 4:15 p.m. and noted that the offending party had “temporarily moved out while they remodeled” the apartment. They also briefed the anonymous caller on “letter of agency” procedures, which is a legal document signed by a property owner or manager that gives law enforcement officers pre-authorized permission to enter private property to enforce trespassing laws and arrest unauthorized persons.
On September 8, 2025, at 12:22 p.m., the police were called to the apartment again due to an “ongoing problem” with an unidentified white male. The anonymous caller told authorities that the man, wearing a green shirt and tan or gray pants, was in the building’s garage and “refused to leave.”
Less than two hours later, sheriff’s deputies contacted a white male and white female who reported that the offending party “took some items and then left.” Law enforcement also suggested “alternative options for resolution.”
We He reached out to Panettiere’s representative and Hickerson’s attorney for comment.
Hayden Panettiere’s representative is addressing widespread speculation online following the actress’ sudden death. “Many people not close to Hayden are using her death as an opportunity to fuel gossip and speculation about a situation they know little about,” a statement shared with us exclusively reads. “This is such a disrespect […]
The following news heroes Following the star’s death, TMZ reported that Panettiere’s neighbors had previously been instructed to call 911 if Hickerson, 37, was seen on the property. (Hickerson was not identified in the corrected report, and it is unclear whether he was involved.)
According to a neighbor, the homeowners association posted fliers around the complex in late August 2025, urging residents to keep Hickerson out of the building and to report him to officers if they see him around.
The neighbor told the media outlet that the HOA removed the postings and warnings after about a week after Hickerson was no longer considered a threat.
Like We As previously reported, Hickerson was arrested twice in August 2025; the first at Barney’s Beanery on August 2nd and again on August 6th.
LA County Sheriff’s Department confirmed We The charges related to both arrests included “under the influence of a controlled substance,” but prosecutors declined to file charges against Hickerson due to lack of evidence. Hickerson entered a diversion program and completed 10 Narcotics Anonymous sessions before the judge dismissed the case. (People was the first to report the news.)
Panettiere was found unresponsive Aug. 16 at the Airbnb she shared with Hickerson in South Carolina. Hickerson and his brother Zach took life-saving measures until help arrived, but paramedics were unable to revive the actor.
The Greenville County Coroner recently revealed that Paniettere’s death was caused by “the toxic effects of fentanyl, 4-ANPP, Alprazolam, Methocarbamol, and Quetiapine” and ruled his death an accident. The investigation into Paniettere’s death and the source of the drugs remains open and active.
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