Brian Hickerson Pressured Hayden Panettiere for a Baby While Struggling Financially

In the circles closest to Hayden Panettiere, the story being told isn’t about a couple planning a family, it appears to be a bit more sinister than that.

Hayden Panettiere in a silver sequined gown on the red carpet at the 66th Emmy Awards, Los Angeles, 2014.
Hayden Panettiere glittered on the red carpet in a silver sequined gown at the 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles in August 2014. Photo by FayesVision/WENN.com.

A baby with Hayden Panettiere would have linked Brian Hickerson to her for the rest of his life, and the people closest to her say that’s exactly what worried them.

Hickerson wanted a child, and sources tell Naughty But Nice he wasn’t waiting for someday. He was pushing, even though he knew what her first pregnancy had done to her.

Pregnant Hayden Panettiere in a silver sequined gown at the 66th Emmy Awards red carpet, smiling over her shoulder.
At The Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, a visibly pregnant Hayden Panettiere arrived in a silver sequined gown for the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards on August 25, 2014. Photo by Adriana M. Barraza/WENN.com.

After Kaya was born, Panettiere went through severe postpartum depression, then addiction, treatment, and the decision to let her daughter live in Ukraine with her father, Wladimir Klitschko. She knew what another pregnancy could cost her emotionally, insiders say, and she wasn’t convinced she wanted to risk it.

Man in a dark blazer and white shirt holding a smartphone, walking near a white SUV with bare trees in the background.
Brian Hickerson, wearing a dark blazer and a ‘Vote’ pin, holds his phone while walking outdoors near a parked SUV. Photo by MEGA.

His money made the pressure read differently to those around her. “Brian was struggling financially, so people absolutely questioned his motives,” an insider said. “A baby wouldn’t just make them parents. It would connect him to Hayden for the rest of his life. That raised alarm bells.”

Henderson graduated from the University of South Carolina’s Moore School of Business in 2011 and has bounced through mid-level sales, recruiting, and operations jobs since, including a stint as a business solutions manager at a legal recruiting firm and a recruiter role at Realty Mogul.

Pregnant Hayden Panettiere and Wladimir Klitschko on a yacht in 2014
A visibly pregnant Hayden Panettiere and Wladimir Klitschko spend time together aboard a yacht in June 2014. Photo by RAMEY PHOTO.

Around 2019 he was working as an executive assistant to a “high-profile, confidential client,” with duties that included managing a residence, coordinating household staff, and providing physical security during travel.

Pregnant woman in a black one-piece swimsuit standing on a yacht deck, hands raised behind her wet hair, with a child in red swim trunks nearby.
Hayden Panettiere, then pregnant, relaxes aboard a yacht in 2014, adjusting her wet hair in a black one-piece swimsuit. Photo by Ramey Photo.

His acting career, which is what he moved to Los Angeles to chase, amounts to one credit: Officer Williams in the 2017 indie horror film “M.F.A.”

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