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The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has joined the investigation into the recent death of actress Hayden Panettiere, who died of an apparent overdose on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n

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The New York Times reported on Thursday that the DEA \u2014 which often works with local law enforcement to investigate drug-related incidents \u2014 would be assisting the Greenville Police Department in the same way that they had assisted the Los Angeles Police in investigating the death of \u201cFriends\u201d star Matthew Perry.<\/p>\n

The \u201cHeroes\u201d star was found unresponsive in a South Carolina Airbnb rental. First responders indicated immediately that she had suffered a cardiac arrest believed to be linked to an overdose. Her on-again boyfriend Brian Hickerson provided investigators with a \u201cbag of medication\u201d that she had been taking leading up to her death.<\/p>\n

In years past, Panettiere had been open about her struggles with addiction and alcohol abuse \u2014 issues she said were exacerbated by postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter Kaya and old injuries that occasionally flared up \u2014 and recent reporting suggests that those struggles were far from behind her.<\/p>\n

Page Six reported that in May, while promoting her memoir \u201cThis Is Me: A Reckoning,\u201d Panettiere attempted to have nitrous oxide delivered to her hotel.<\/p>\n

According to an unnamed source, hotel security \u201cstopped a [delivery service] order to her hotel room, which was several industrial grade nitrous oxide cans that she was planning on huffing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cShe had alcohol and whippets delivered. They wouldn\u2019t allow it up to her room,\u201d another source claimed.<\/p>\n

Panettiere\u2019s friend and rep Kasey Kitchen denied the claims, saying, \u201cShe was in Nashville for a short amount of time and slept for most of it. She also had private security with her.\u201d<\/p>\n

But entertainment site TMZ also reported that her team and \u201cA Breed Apart\u201d director Griff Furst had discussed staging an intervention for the actress as recently as 2025.<\/p>\n

Furst said that while they were filming, it was clear that Panettiere was \u201cfighting to stay sober\u201d \u2014 and that he\u2019d agreed when her team approached him about a possible intervention. He also made it clear that he was not impressed by the \u201cdark energy\u201d surrounding Panettiere\u2019s on-again boyfriend, Brian Hickerson, who had visited the set with her. He said that she \u201cdeserved better company\u201d \u2014 and added that despite his willingness to help, he did not believe an intervention ever took place.<\/p>\n

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The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has joined the investigation into the recent death of actress Hayden Panettiere, who died of an apparent overdose on Sunday afternoon.The New York Times reported on Thursday that the DEA \u2014 which often works with local law enforcement to investigate drug-related incidents \u2014 would be assisting the Greenville Police Department in the same way that they had assisted the Los Angeles Police in investigating the death of \u201cFriends\u201d star Matthew Perry.The \u201cHeroes\u201d star was found unresponsive in a South Carolina Airbnb rental. First responders indicated immediately that she had suffered a cardiac arrest believed to be linked to an overdose. Her on-again boyfriend Brian Hickerson provided investigators with a \u201cbag of medication\u201d that she had been taking leading up to her death.In years past, Panettiere had been open about her struggles with addiction and alcohol abuse \u2014 issues she said were exacerbated by postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter Kaya and old injuries that occasionally flared up \u2014 and recent reporting suggests that those struggles were far from behind her.Page Six reported that in May, while promoting her memoir \u201cThis Is Me: A Reckoning,\u201d Panettiere attempted to have nitrous oxide delivered to her hotel.According to an unnamed source, hotel security \u201cstopped a [delivery service] order to her hotel room, which was several industrial grade nitrous oxide cans that she was planning on huffing.\u201d\u201cShe had alcohol and whippets delivered. They wouldn\u2019t allow it up to her room,\u201d another source claimed.Panettiere\u2019s friend and rep Kasey Kitchen denied the claims, saying, \u201cShe was in Nashville for a short amount of time and slept for most of it. She also had private security with her.\u201dBut entertainment site TMZ also reported that her team and \u201cA Breed Apart\u201d director Griff Furst had discussed staging an intervention for the actress as recently as 2025.Furst said that while they were filming, it was clear that Panettiere was \u201cfighting to stay sober\u201d \u2014 and that he\u2019d agreed when her team approached him about a possible intervention. He also made it clear that he was not impressed by the \u201cdark energy\u201d surrounding Panettiere\u2019s on-again boyfriend, Brian Hickerson, who had visited the set with her. He said that she \u201cdeserved better company\u201d \u2014 and added that despite his willingness to help, he did not believe an intervention ever took place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"\nHayden Panettiere Death Probe Escalates As Feds Step In - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2483\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hayden Panettiere Death Probe Escalates As Feds Step In - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has joined the investigation into the recent death of actress Hayden Panettiere, who died of an apparent overdose on Sunday afternoon.The New York Times reported on Thursday that the DEA \u2014 which often works with local law enforcement to investigate drug-related incidents \u2014 would be assisting the Greenville Police Department in the same way that they had assisted the Los Angeles Police in investigating the death of \u201cFriends\u201d star Matthew Perry.The \u201cHeroes\u201d star was found unresponsive in a South Carolina Airbnb rental. 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