Hayden Panettiere and Brian Hickerson.Photo: LionsShareNews/BACKGRID
Hayden Panettierehas reunited withBrian Hickersonahead ofThanksgiving.
TheNashvillestar, 33, was spotted with Hickerson — with whom she had aturbulent on-and-off, four-year relationship— at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday.
The pair were dressed casually as they made their way through the airport. Panettiere sported a black sweatshirt and baseball cap while Hickerson wore a black t-shirt and a backwards baseball cap.
A source tells PEOPLE exclusively that the pair has “remained friends as he’s sought to turn his life around” after beinginvolved in a fight outside of an L.A. barwith the actress and serving time in jail for domestic violence.
In the clip, Panettiere and Hickerson were captured arguing with a group of people outside of the hotel bar. Eventually, the situation escalated into a physical altercation, with both Panettiere and Hickerson getting involved in the fight.
In an exclusive statement to PEOPLE at the time, a rep for Panettiere expanded on the incident and confirmedthe actress was “okay.”
Hayden Panettiere, Brian Hickerson.Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage; Brian Hickerson/Instagram
In July 2021, PEOPLE confirmed that Panettiere wasspending time with Hickersonafter he served time in jail for a domestic violence case involving the star.
Hickerson was sentenced in April to45 days in jailafter pleading no contest to two felony counts of injuring a spouse/cohabitant/girlfriend/child’s parent, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office confirmed to PEOPLE at the time. He served his sentence from May 7 through May 20, jail records show.
In addition to jail time, Hickerson was sentenced to four years of formal probation, 52 domestic violence classes, $500 in restitution and a five-year protective order for injuring Panettiere.
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Regarding the protective order, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office previously told PEOPLE it “does not prohibit the defendant and the victim from amicably interacting with each other.”
A source told PEOPLE at the time that Hickerson is “in intensive therapy treatment.” The insider added: “Hayden won’t forget what he did but she wants to forgive and move on. Hayden is sober and doing very well.”
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Of their prior reunion, Hickerson told E! News that he and Panettiere were"working on a friendship."
If you are experiencing domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at1-800-799-7233, or go tothehotline.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.
source: people.com
