![Hayden Panettiere arrives at her younger brother Jansen's celebration of life event in their hometown of Palisades, New York, with her on/off boyfriend Brian Hickerson. The grieving actress wore a colorful bomber jacket and black pants as she attended the memorial at the scenic Palisades Presbyterian Church alongside her mother Lesley Vogel and father Alan ‘Skip’ Panettiere, on Wednesday morning. Jansen’s girlfriend Cat Michie, who has posted a heartfelt tribute to him on social media, was also seen at the venue. ‘Scream, 6’ star Hayden, 33, was expected to speak at the event, which was being held in remembrance of the 28-year-old former child actor, who died last month due to an enlarged heart. A friend of the former actor told officials he'd checked on Jansen at home after he'd failed to show up for a business meeting. Upon arrival, he was found sitting upright in a chair unresponsive. Jansen's dad, Skip, had spoken to his son on the phone just the night before, and thought he "sounded okay." On Wednesday, friends and family came together at the small church which is just a few miles away from Jansen's apartment in Nyack where he was found dead. 08 Mar 2023 Pictured: Brian Hickerson, Hayden Panettiere. Photo credit: MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342 (Mega Agency TagID: MEGA953084_001.jpg) [Photo via Mega Agency]](https://hollywoodlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Hayden-Panettiere-jansen-memorial-mega-02.jpg?quality=100&w=330)
Hayden Panettiere‘s boyfriend Brian Hickerson, 30, was arrested for allegedly putting his hands on the 30-year-old actress during a “disturbance” on Feb. 14. A representative from the Teton County Sheriff’s Office tells HollywoodLife: “On Feb. 14, 2020, at approximately 2:30 in the morning, sheriff’s deputies were investigating a disturbance that involved a 30-year-old male and a 30-year-old female in Teton County, Wyoming. Through the course of that investigation the male half of that disturbance was arrested. His name is Brian Hickerson and he was arrested and charged with domestic battery and interfering with a police officer.”
As we reported earlier, the former Nashville star and Brian were involved in a similar altercation just last year. Brian was arrested back in May 2019 on felony domestic violence charges after allegedly getting into a physical altercation with the blonde beauty. The couple apparently went out drinking in Hollywood on May 1, went back to her apartment, and started arguing. Police were called to her apartment around 2:00am on May 2, where they apparently saw “redness and marks on Hayden’s body.”
After interviewing the couple, they determined that Brian started the altercation, and arrested him. He was released on a $50,000 bond later that day. Police confirmed to HollywoodLife that Brian was arrested, but would not say if Hayden was the alleged victim. However, the case was later dismissed for not being able to secure a “material witness,” and Hayden and Brian later reconciled.
Hayden and Brian reportedly started dating in July 2018 at around the same time that Hayden split from her then-fiancé, Ukrainian heavyweight Wladimir Klitschko, the father of her daughter, Kaya. HollywoodLife has reached out to Hayden’s rep for comment.