From Newsweek · · 1m 30s
Hayden Panettiere's boyfriend detained after bar fight
Weeks after the actress died in his presence, Brian Hickerson was pulled into a police response at a Greenville wing joint.
In brief
Weeks after the actress died in his presence, Brian Hickerson was pulled into a police response at a Greenville wing joint. Hickerson walked away without a charge, but he is still at the center of an open death investigation that is now looking at drugs. Originally reported by Newsweek.
A fight at Wild Wing Cafe
Greenville police answered a reported assault on Woodruff Road around 9:10 p.m. Saturday and found several people fighting. Officers detained multiple men while they sorted out what happened.
Two brothers in cuffs
Brian Hickerson and his brother Zach were among those detained. Police say Zach was very drunk and shouting profanities in public.
One arrest, one release
Zach was arrested for disorderly conduct and taken to the Greenville County Detention Center. Brian was let go at the scene and faced no charge.
What the video shows
Footage published by TMZ shows a man said to be Zach hurling a bar chair as a staffer waves him off, then being walked out by employees. TMZ reported Brian shouted about police once handcuffed.
“GPD leaked it when my girlfriend died”
A relationship with a record
The California real estate agent was first linked to Panettiere in 2018. He pleaded no contest in 2021 to two felony counts of injuring a spouse or girlfriend and got jail, probation and a protective order.
The death case is open
Panettiere, 36, died August 16 after being found unresponsive at a Greenville home. Investigators are awaiting toxicology and reportedly looking at a possible drug supplier. No charges have been announced.
The one thing
Hickerson walked away without a charge, but he is still at the center of an open death investigation that is now looking at drugs.
