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Hayden Panettiere and her alleged drug dealer exchanged 'a slew of messages' before suspected overdose death: report
New York Post • • general
Key Points:
- Hayden Panettiere exchanged numerous text messages about purchasing black market drugs with her alleged long-term dealer up until the week of her suspected overdose death on August 16.
- Authorities are focusing on a potential drug dealer as part of the DEA investigation, with neighbors reporting frequent visits by two women and a man delivering bags to her Hollywood home over five years.
- Panettiere was found dead in an Airbnb after taking a pill believed to be oxycodone laced with fentanyl, though the official cause of death has not yet been released; Narcan was found at the scene.
- Her on-off boyfriend, Brian Hickerson, has met with DEA officials during the investigation, but details of his discussions remain undisclosed.
- Fentanyl-laced drugs have caused a surge in overdose deaths nationwide, with the DEA seizing millions of fentanyl pills and powder in 2025; the drug is considered extremely deadly even in small doses and has been labeled a “weapon of mass destruction” by former President Trump.
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