Hayden Panettiere’s Mom Breaks Silence: Actress Was ‘In Pain’ And ‘Afraid’ Before Tragic Death

Following her passing, the‘Heroes’ actress’s estranged mom, Lesley Vogel, shared that the actress had lost her way prior to her death.

Most of this could be attributed to the fact that the actress was battling immense pain behind-the-scenes, and that pain was making her scared and driving her ever-growing dependence on drugs.

Key Takeaways

• Lesley Vogel says Hayden was struggling with significant pain before her death.
• Vogel claims her daughter was frightened and having difficulty functioning physically.
• Hayden reportedly sought help from doctors and tried alternative treatments for her unexplained symptoms.
• Vogel also opens up about why she became estranged from her daughter during the final year of Hayden’s life.

Hayden Pantierre’s Mom Shares Pain Actress Was In Before Her Death

It was a shocking and sad day to learn the news of the passing of the ‘Ice Princess’ star just a few days shy of her 37th birthday. Shortly after, news surrounding her death started coming to the light.

Apparently, she was with her on/off boyfriend Brian Hickerson at the time she died. A cause of death is yet to be confirmed, though the police have said that they suspect no foul play was involved.

Vogel first lashed out at Brian Hickerson, saying that she knew all along that he was a bad influence.

According to Vogel, she took a break from having a relationship with her daughter on the account of the advice she received from her therapist. She apparently told Pantierre she couldn’t keep being a part of her life while Hickerson remains in it.

“I needed it. I needed to have that pocket of time,” Vogel said. “Of course, I thought it was going to be a pocket of time. I did not, by any stretch of the imagination, think that this was going to happen to Hayden.”

Even though the mother-daughter duo were not in contact with each other in the year leading up to her death, Vogel shared that the actress was in pain prior to her death.

“She was in pain,” Vogel told The New York Times in an August 23 article, recalling the time she spent with Pantierre a year ago in Los Angeles. “She was afraid. She couldn’t physically function properly.”

Vogel then alleged she took Pantierre to different doctors and tried massage and acupuncture treatments in the hopes of treating the “pins in needles” in her lower extremities that prevented her from working.

While the cause of the pain remains unknown, many have wondered whether it’s from the various injuries she accumulated while on set, especially the part where she fell off a horse while filming a scene.

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