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‘Lost Her Way’: Hayden Panettiere’s Mother Speaks About Daughter’s Death

Lesley Vogel said her daughter lost her way and praised her talent as police and the coroner investigate the apparent overdose.

  • On Tuesday, Lesley Vogel told NBC News that her daughter, actress Hayden Panettiere, "sadly lost her way" amid entertainment industry pressures, expressing regret that she could not stay "true to herself."
  • Panettiere and Vogel were estranged, a dynamic detailed in the actress's memoir "This Is Me: A Reckoning," though Vogel claimed the public drama was "partially to sell books."
  • Greenville Police Department records show Brian Hickerson, Panettiere's boyfriend, and his brother Zach Hickerson were present when the actress died August 16; Vogel described the boyfriend as someone they had "been trying to get rid of for quite some time."
  • The Greenville County Coroner's Office and Greenville City Police Department are conducting parallel investigations; an autopsy found no signs of trauma, and officials have not yet released a cause of death.
  • In a statement released shortly after her death, father Alan Panettiere described his daughter as an "incredible light and a force of nature" who brought "immeasurable love and joy to all who knew her.
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rtl.nl broke the news on Tuesday, August 18, 2026.
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