Hayden Panettiere's Mom Slams Her Abusive Boyfriend Who Was There When She Overdosed And Died

August 19. 2026

Hayden Panettiere

Former soap opera star, Lesley Vogel, has publicly commented on the death of her daughter, Hollywood actress Hayden Panettiere, who died this past weekend from a suspected drug overdose at the age of 36. Hayden is survived by her 11-year-old daughter who lives in Ukraine with her dad, former world champion boxer and multimillionaire, Wladimir Klitschko. At one time Hayden was engaged to Wladimir. She was better off with him but her career was based in Hollywood not Ukraine.

Vogel has slammed Hayden's violent boyfriend, Brian Hickerson, in the wake of her death. Hickerson is also a drug user and alcoholic, which did not help Hayden's substance abuse issues. Hayden, who is originally from New York but lived in Los Angeles, died in Hickerson's native Greenville, South Carolina, in an apartment the press now states belongs to his brother (whom the Daily Mail also states Hayden dated after temporarily breaking up with Brian). Hickerson was arrested for physically assaulting Hayden on multiple occasions. He spent 30-days in jail.

Hayden's estranged mom, who was her manager until they had a falling out, stated to NBC News, "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. I think Hayden was an amazingly talented person in so many departments and I think young people who grow up in the entertainment industry - it is a struggle and it's a very challenging industry and it's not unusual for them to sadly find the wrong path."

As stated previously on the site, Hayden was given methamphetamines at age 15 by a member of her team, to make her peppy in interviews. It was a gateway drug for Hayden that led to her using stronger narcotics and drinking alcohol. She had serious substance abuse issues and later post partum depression. She surrendered custody of her daughter to Wladimir shortly after birth due to these issues.

This week Brian stated Hayden was raped in Hollywood. Months ago Hayden spoke of being sex trafficked in Hollywood and one of the incidents was on a yacht. At age 18 she was brought into a cabin on the yacht by a trusted female friend who physically placed her in bed with an older famous man. Hayden stated she fled the room and hid elsewhere on the boat until it docked.

Ironically, a couple years ago I heard a story like that about singer Rihanna. I was told she was sex trafficked on yachts earlier in her career. Rihanna is in the Hollywood cult Kabbalah and was brought into by rapper Jay Z, who signed her to a record deal at age 15. and began sexually exploiting and passing her around Hollywood and the sports industry. Jay Z has been accused of raping 13-year-old girls and impregnating 15-year-olds. Jay Z went after his wife, Beyonce, when she was 16 and he 28.

Previously on the site, I wrote about the Hollywood cult Scientology and their Sea Org division, which has several ships. Unsuspecting members of the public who were spooled into the cult, complained that Scientology took their children on what was supposed to be fun cruises out to sea, but some of the underage children came back with sexually transmitted diseases. It was stated that some of these incidents were reported to police.

The Scientology case gave away the insane reasoning behind Hollywood taking teens and underage kids out to sea for rape. Hollywood labors under the erroneous belief that there are no laws governing international waters. However, U.S. law makes it very clear, as an American if you go out to sea or any other nation, and break America's laws, you are eligible for indictment and imprisonment.

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