Brian Hickerson and his brother, Zach, were present at the South Carolina apartment complex where actress Hayden Panettiere was found unresponsive and later pronounced dead, according to a police report.
Panettiere died on Sunday after going into cardiac arrest. The Hickerson brothers were reportedly at the scene at the time of the incident. Further details regarding their involvement or the circumstances leading to Panettiere's death were not immediately available in the police report.
This development comes days after Brian Hickerson reportedly faced a legal setback in a domestic abuse case involving Panettiere. While the specifics of that legal situation were not detailed in the provided notes, its proximity to Panettiere's death has drawn attention.