The brother of Hayden Panettiere’s on-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson has broken his silence to reveal the late actress’s final moments.
Brian administered Narcan to the star after he and his brother, Zach, found her unconscious in an AirBnB in Greenville, South Carolina, Zach told TMZ.
Zach said he was calling 911 while Brian gave Panettiere the medication, which is typically administered to reverse an opioid overdose.
The 38-year-old said he, Brian and the actress were planning to get lunch and go indoor golfing after he attended church.
He called and texted Panettiere and his brother as he was leaving the Sunday service, but didn’t hear back form them, he recalled.
Zach assumed the pair were sleeping so he drove back to the rental, but he didn’t have the door code to the unit so he couldn’t get in.
‘I knocked loudly which apparently woke Brian up from a nap they were both taking on the pull out couch bed in the living room. When we went in and tried to wake Hayden up for lunch, we realized she was unconscious,’ he said.
‘I immediately called 911 and Brian gave her Narcan. We then jointly performed CPR while 911 was on speaker until Fire and EMS arrived.’
‘At that point we watched as they tried every measure possible to save her life,’ he added.
Brian Hickerson administered Narcan to Hayden Panettiere, pictured together, after he and his brother Zach found her unconscious in an AirBnB in Greenville, South Carolina
Zach Hickerson called 911 as Brian administered the drug
Zach says he is ‘beyond heartbroken and devastated’ by Panettiere’s death.
He shared how over the past eight years the actress had become one of my ‘dearest and closest friends,’ adding they she was someone he loved and cared for deeply.
He urged for an end to the ‘assumptions, speculations and accusations’ that are swirling around the star’s death.
Zach claimed the ‘truth’ will come out once police have completed their investigation.
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