Comment about a ‘poor tip’ incited hotel brawl involving Hayden Panettiere, rep says

That viral footage of Hayden Panettiere and on-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson getting right into a brawl at a West Hollywood resort on Thursday was incited by an argument about leaving a “poor tip” for a server at a restaurant there.

In a video obtained and posted on-line by TMZ, the “Nashville” star and Hickerson acquired into an expletive-laden fistfight involving a number of individuals outdoors the Sundown Marquis. At first, Panettiere and a number of other others attempt to deescalate the state of affairs, however because it moved away from the resort, they find yourself collaborating in it and, at one level, additionally find yourself on the bottom within the scrum.

Panettiere, 32, is heard yelling “Brian, jail!” within the footage as she tries to cease Hickerson from getting bodily, apparently referring to the truth that he’s on probation following a number of home violence expenses relationship again to 2018. (The gross sales government pleaded responsible and was sentenced to 45 days in jail in 2021 and wound up serving 13 days final Might. He additionally acquired 4 years of probation, 52 domestic-violence courses, $500 in restitution and a five-year protecting order for injuring Panettiere.)

Hickerson declined to remark when reached by cellphone on Friday. Nevertheless, a rep for Panettiere mentioned that the “Nashville” actor was OK after the altercation.

“Whereas within the restaurant of the Sundown Marquis Brian Hickerson, who occurred to be with Hayden, made a remark to a person about leaving the waitress a poor tip. That very same particular person together with the group he was with started badgering and shoving Brian at which level safety pushed everybody outdoors,” her spokesperson mentioned in an e mail to The Instances.

“Brian was attacked by the group as was Hayden who in her finest effort tried to [defuse] the state of affairs. Hayden was refused the chance to offer an announcement to the police as she was escorted again inside. She is okay.”

The incident occurred round midnight and regulation enforcement was known as in at 12:18 a.m. Friday, authorities mentioned. The primary officers arrived on the resort inside two minutes of the decision.

“Once we arrived no one was there and at this level no one has reached out to file an incident report, which might’ve been a battery assault,” mentioned Sgt. Jason Duron with West Hollywood division of the L.A. County Sheriffs Dept. “All we had was a struggle name final evening and once we arrived no one who was concerned was current.”

It’s unclear who known as within the incident.

Panettiere and Hickerson made headlines repeatedly for his or her on-again, off-again romance. And following Dickerson’s arrest in July 2020, Panettiere launched an announcement on Instagram saying she was coming ahead along with her story within the hope that it will “empower others in abusive relationships to get the assistance they want and deserve.”

“I’m ready to do my half to verify this man by no means hurts anybody once more. I’m grateful for my assist system, which helped me discover the braveness to regain my voice and my life,” the assertion mentioned.