Hayden Panettiere's mother, Lesley Vogel, says Brian Hickerson was with the actress when she died, claiming the family tried to remove him from her life.
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/hayden-panettieres-mother-points-finger-brian-hickerson-after-nashville-stars-death-36
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