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Hayden Panettiere\u2019s estranged mom blasted her tragic daughter\u2019s on-again, off-again boyfriend in her first public statement since the actress\u2019 death.<\/p>\n

Read more Hayden Panettiere\u2019s estranged mom reacts to \u2018Nashville\u2019 actress\u2019 death, slams boyfriend Brian Hickerson<\/a><\/p>\n

Lesley Vogel said their family had been trying to distance themselves from Brian Hickerson, who was with Panettiere in South Carolina when died on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis person in her life that we have been trying to get rid of for quite some time was with her at her death and that was Brian Hickerson,\u201d Vogel said in a statement told NBC on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Panettiere suffered a cardiac arrest after a suspected overdose at a luxury apartment complex in Greenville.<\/p>\n

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She died just five days before her 37th birthday.<\/p>\n

Panettiere struggled with \u201csevere health issues\u201d in recent months, sources told Page Six.<\/p>\n

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Hickerson told police that the actress was taking a \u201cbag of medication\u201d at the time of her death.<\/p>\n

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The exact names of the medications were redacted in the police report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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