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Injured Hayden Panettiere was taken out of LA apartment on gurney twice while living with Brian Hickerson, neighbor claims
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Add Page Six on Google Hayden Panettiere's neighbor saw the late actress being taken out of her Los Angeles apartment on a gurney by firefighters on two occasions during her tumultuous relationship with Brian Hickerson.
Mia Terrazas — who still lives at the same West Hollywood complex — told Page Six in an exclusive interview about the incidents, which took place on July 29, 2023, and January 16, 2024. We have reviewed evidence that appears to corroborate those dates.
Terrazas claimed she observed "bright red spots" and "bruises" on Panettiere — whose years-long relationship with Hickerson was marred by multiple allegations of domestic violence, several arrests and even criminal pleas — and that he was present and "glued to" her both times.
"It appeared that she had been beaten up. It wasn't apparent to me that it could have been anything else," Terrazas said, adding that Panettiere allegedly often looked "battered."
Terrazas' daughter, Vileena Koneru — who lived with her mother at the time — told us she observed the same.
During the 2023 incident, Terrazas said she asked Panettiere while she was on the gurney whether she was OK. The "Heroes" star allegedly replied, "Yes."
Koneru told us she was present for the 2024 incident, too. She and Terrazas said they tried to raise "concerns" with the responding firefighters both times.
Reps for the Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 7 did not respond to Page Six's request for comment, and we cannot confirm whether the incidents were domestic in nature.
In addition to the gurney incidents, Terrazas claimed to us she often heard "muffled arguments" coming from Panettiere's nearby unit, adding, "You can tell somebody's arguing just by the tonality. … It was very hostile."
She also claimed she once heard the "Remember the Titans" star "screaming" at Hickerson, 37, in the elevator, "Just leave me alone! Just stop!" though it's unclear what exactly happened in the elevator.
In July 2020, Los Angeles prosecutors filed an eight-count case against Hickerson, including multiple felony counts of corporal injury, assault with a deadly weapon, battery and dissuading a witness. He initially pleaded not guilty, but in April 2021, he pleaded no contest to two felony counts of injuring a spouse or cohabitant, while the remaining charges were dismissed.
Hickerson was sentenced to 45 days in jail, four years of probation, domestic violence classes and restitution, while Panettiere was granted a five-year protective order, which expired this past April.
Terrazas told us she saw Hickerson at the apartment complex during that time despite the active protective order, so she called the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department "quite a few times" to report it.
She claimed deputies "removed" Hickerson from the property at least once but that she saw him back there the next day.
Terrazas didn't understand how Hickerson could legally be on the premises, but the sheriff's department allegedly explained to her that he and Panettiere kept coming back together despite deputies' efforts to separate them.
“I understood their point," Terrazas acknowledged. "I just kept calling because I was hoping I would get a different answer.”
Reps for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department did not respond to Page Six's request for comment.
In August 2025, the building's homeowners association posted flyers warning residents of Hickerson "trespassing"' on the property . They were encouraged to call 911 if they saw him in the common areas or hallways.
A momentarily relieved Terrazas told us she was confused and upset when the notices "mysteriously" came down after about a week. She tried reposting them, but the HOA allegedly explained to her that "Brian's no longer a threat" because he's going to "drug rehab." (Hickerson claimed he checked himself into a treatment program sometime in 2022, but we were unable to locate any records of a 2025 rehab stay.)
Reps for the HOA did not respond to Page Six's request for comment.
Hickerson and Panettiere openly discussed their struggles with alcoholism and drug addiction . While Terrazas "never saw them actually doing any type of drugs," she told us it was "pretty apparent sometimes."
"Brian always seemed to be high or disconnected. He just kind of had this odd, flat effect, I guess I could describe it as," Terrazas claimed. "Hayden sometimes would seem out of it."
Terrazas added she was "terrified" of Hickerson given both his well-documented history of domestic violence and the time he allegedly "followed" her down the stairs in her building.
"I'm 61. I'm moving really slow down those stairs, and he's just right behind me. Didn't pass me up or anything. And I thought, 'Is that to intimidate me?'" she wondered.
Terrazas became emotional when telling us Panettiere "seemed like a different person" when she was around Hickerson, lamenting that the "Nashville" star was "very subdued" in his presence.
"She was just so lovely … and just seeing her and passing frequently and, you know, the little chats that I had with her — she made such an impression, and she was such a bright light," Terrazas shared as she started to cry.
"Just as a human being. Never mind the talent; she was a human being, you know? And she deserved so much better. I felt everybody just used her up, and she just deserved better. … I just wish I could have done more. I just can't believe I'll never see her again."
Hickerson's attorney declined to comment on this story when reached by Page Six.
Panettiere and Hickerson, who is from South Carolina, flew there together last Saturday. She died of a suspected "overdose," according to the Greenville Police Department dispatch, at an Airbnb in Greenville the following day at age 36.
Hickerson subsequently showed responding officers a "bag of medication" she had allegedly been taking.
His brother Zach Hickerson, who was also on the scene, went on to claim to...
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