Following years of relationship and legal issues, Hayden Panettiere and Brian Hickerson remain friends. The two were spotted together inside a departures terminal at Los Angeles International Airport Nov. 23, one day before the Thanksgiving holiday.
The two began dating in 2018. The following year, Hickerson was arrested after an alleged violent confrontation with Panettiere in Los Angeles. He pleaded not guilty. The actress obtained a temporary protective order against him. Ultimately, no charges were filed and the case was dismissed.
In 2020, Hickerson was arrested in Wyoming on Valentine’s Day for alleged domestic battery against the actress, who soon ended their relationship and obtained another temporary restraining order against him.
In April 2021, Hickerson pleaded no contest to two felony counts of injuring a spouse or girlfriend in connection with the case and was sentenced to 45 days in jail and four years of formal probation and was ordered to attend 52 domestic violence classes. He also received a five-year restraining order.
Months later, Panettiere and Hickerson were spotted together with friends at a restaurant in West Hollywood, Calif.
Panettiere and Hickerson were spotted again in Los Angeles in March 2022, this time outside a hotel.
Since then, she’s gotten candid about her personal life, notably speaking on Red Table Talk in September about her past addiction and “healing” journey.
The actress also recently signed with the APA talent agency and will make a return to the screen in Scream 6 in 2023.
Panettiere shares 7-year-old daughter Kaya Evdokia Klitschko with former boxer Wladimir Klitschko.
