Reports allege jewelry belonging to the late actress, Hayden Panettiere, has been stolen and pawned. The woman just passed away and within days of her death people were stealing from her. Hayden died on August 16, 2026 at age 36, due to an accidental drug overdose. Hayden's ex-fiancé, former world champion boxer, Wladimir Klitschko, has custody of their 11-year-old daughter Kaya (has since 2014), and recently sued in a California court to take control of Hayden's estate, on behalf of their child her sole heir.

Hayden Panettiere

Wladimir had the stolen items traced to a pawn shop. However, the pawn shop is not giving him much information without police involvement. Therefore, he filed a petition to be in charge of Hayden's estate, which would allow him to get the police involved in the matter. The court has granted his petition, after a hearing with Wladimir and his daughter appearing via video.

Hayden Panettiere and Wladimir Klitschko

Wladimir's attorney wrote something curious in the legal petition. It states Wladimir and Hayden hired security before she died, because someone was breaking into her Los Angeles home. The petition also reveals, "Non-family members previously connected to Hayden have accessed and destroyed Hayden's emails." That sounds very suspicious and sinister. A third party illegally deleting Hayden's emails is an attempt to cover up criminal conduct while police formally investigate her death.

 Wladimir Klitschko, Hayden Panettiere and their daughter Kaya Klitschko

The wording in the petition gives the impression Wladimir is referring to Hayden's boyfriend at the time of her death, Brian Hickerson, and his brother, who were also there when she died from a bizarre accidental overdose in Greenville, South Carolina. Like the late singer Prince, Hayden did not know the pills she was taking contained the drug Fentanyl, which is 50 times more powerful than heroin (Mislabeled Fentanyl Pills Found At Prince’s House After His Death From Overdose Indicates He Did Not Know What He Was Taking).

Hayden Panettiere and Brian Hickerson

Hayden and Brian have a terrible history of domestic violence due to the abusive behavior he displayed towards her. Brian was arrested for beating up Hayden in two incidents. He was sentenced to one month in jail. They broke up and security had to be beefed up at the apartment building she resided. It was reported that management gave security a photo of him with explicit instructions he was never to be let into the building again. However, years later she reunited with Brian and it ended in tragedy. It is believed Brian, a drug addict, procured the drugs that killed Hayden.