Brian Hickerson’s Domestic Violence Case: What Happened to Hayden Panettiere?

Brian Hickerson’s Domestic Violence Case: What Happened to Hayden Panettiere?

Hickerson was denied by a Los Angeles judge to have his felony domestic violence convictions reduced to misdemeanors days before Panettiere's death.

Three Days Before Hayden Panettiere Died, a Judge Refused to Reduce Her Boyfriend’s Felony Domestic Violence Convictions

Brian Hickerson pleaded no contest in 2021 to two felony counts of injuring a spouse or girlfriend, all of it stemming from incidents with Panettiere. The judge’s refusal to soften those convictions came on Thursday. She was dead by Sunday. The two felony convictions Hickerson wanted reduced to misdemeanors both stem from a string of incidents involving Panettiere between May 2019 and January 2020. He’d originally faced an eight-count case. Outs…