Hayden Panettiere’s Mom Breaks Silence, Calls Out Boyfriend Who Was “With Her at Her Death”
Lesley Vogel says Brian Hickerson is somebody the family had been "trying to get rid of for quite some time."
4 articles from The Hollywood Reporter, CBS News, NBC News, Rolling Stone.
Hayden Panettiere died at a Greenville, South Carolina apartment where her on-and-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson and his brother Zach were present. Brian Hickerson called 911 after finding Panettiere unresponsive, and a police report noted that both brothers were at the scene when officers arrived. According to the report, a bag of medication was found at the location. Panettiere's mother Lesley Vogel has spoken publicly for the first time since her daughter's death, criticizing Hickerson and stating the family had been trying to remove him from Panettiere's life.
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Fox News and NBC News led with the discovery of a bag of medication at the apartment, foregrounding this physical evidence as a key detail in the police report.
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Fox News, The Hollywood Reporter, NBC News, and Rolling Stone centered the mother's first public statements blaming or calling out Brian Hickerson, treating her remarks as the news hook rather than the police report details.
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The Guardian World, CBS News, and NBC News emphasized that Brian Hickerson and his brother were present at the apartment and made the 911 call, framing their role as first responders to the scene.
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Lesley Vogel says Brian Hickerson is somebody the family had been "trying to get rid of for quite some time."
Brian Hickerson and his brother, Zach, made the 911 call that brought first responders to the apartment where Hayden Panettiere was found unresponsive.
Hayden Panettiere's mother Lesley Vogel spoke exclusively to NBC News about her daughter and her on-again-off-again boyfriend. NBC News' Rebecca Keegan has details on a new police report released and what else Vogel had to say.
"Hayden sadly lost her way and I wish it were different," Lesley Vogel said. "I wish she had stayed true to herself because she had many incredible attributes"