Panettiere's Team Denounces Gossip in 36-Year-Old Actress's Death as DEA Joins Probe
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 25
Panettiere's Team Denounces Gossip in 36-Year-Old Actress's Death as DEA Joins Probe
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 25
Summary
Panettiere's representative said online talk about the actress's final hours was "gossip and speculation," calling it disrespectful as investigators still work to determine what happened.
The statement urged anyone with legitimate information to contact law enforcement, adding that people close to Panettiere are cooperating and that "much more to this story" has yet to emerge.
DEA agents have joined Greenville police in the case after Panettiere, 36, was found unresponsive at a South Carolina apartment on Aug. 16; preliminary autopsy results found no trauma.
Brian Hickerson, Panettiere's on-again, off-again boyfriend, was at the residence with his brother when she was found, and officers later executed a search warrant and collected a bag of medication.