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ut and about in LA
on May 13, Hayden
Panettiere and her
boyfriend of nine months,
Brian Hickerson, looked
as close as ever. Wearing
matching necklaces, they
held hands as they ran er-
rands and grabbed a bite to
eat. It all seemed very, well,
normal and relaxed.
But there was noth-
ing normal or relaxed
about what happened just
11 days earlier. On May 2,
Brian, 30, was arrested at
Hayden’s home on a charge
of felony domestic vio-
lence, following an alleged
alcohol-fueled altercation
with the former Nashvillestar. While alarms should
be going off for Hayden, 29,
Life & St yle has exclusively
learned that the actress is
not only overlooking her
beau’s bad behavior, she’s
now hearing wedding bells.
“Hayden and Brian are
planning to get married,”
reveals a source. “Friends
think it’s a terrible deci-
sion, but they’ve told each
other they’re in it for the
long haul. Hayden knows
all about Brian’s problems,
and she says nobody’s per-
fect, including herself!”TOXIC TWOSOME
Life has been consid-
erably less than per-fect ever since the couple
started dating last Au-
gust. In October, police
responded to an assault
and battery call involv-
ing Brian and his father
at the latter’s home in
South Carolina. Hayden
(who checked into rehab
in 2015, citing postpar-
tum depression) was re-
portedly frantic when
the cops arrived. Then, in
March, the aspiring ac-
tor crashed into several
parked cars and a neigh-
bor’s gate after a night
out. “Brian has a nega-
tive impact on Hayden’s
mental well-being,”
notes the source. “Whenthings are bad, it’s like a
hurricane hit.”
Their mutual love of
partying helps fuel the
dysfunction. “They’ll
urge each other to drink,”
the source explains. “And
when they’re wasted, emo-
tions run high — they’ll
either be all over one an-
other or have a blowout
fight so bad you can hear
the screaming down the
street. Everyone is fed up
with all the drama.”
But Hayden — who has
gushed about Brian, say-
ing that she learns “some-
thing new from him every
day” — is in “complete de-
nial about how bad thingsA MONSTER?
Hayden
Pals fear for Hayden Panettiere
as she prepares to walk down
the aisle with Brian Hickerson
Bad News Beau
Brian’s arrest for domestic
violence in the early hours
of May 2 resulted in a night
in jail and his release on a
$50K bond. Says a source,
“Hayden’s friends are
concerned for her safety.”{ love drama }