Hayden Panettiere was nervous to share that she and Brian Hickerson rekindled their romance after he served jail time for domestic violence against the actress in 2021.
Panettiere admitted she was hesitant to discuss their relationship to the public because she was worried about how she would be perceived. "I did notdo any of this lightly," Panettiere said in an interview with The New York Times.
In 2021, Hickerson pleaded no contest to two felony counts of domestic violence after he allegedly punched Panettiere in the face in 2020.
He served 33 days in prison and was ordered to serve four years probation. Prior to his arrest, the couple had been dating on and off for four years. "He knows he deserved what happened to him," she said of his jail sentence.
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