Hayden Panettiere’s Ex Says Her New Memoir Might Assist Reform Abusers

Hayden Panettiere‘s ex Brian Hickerson says studying about his abusive relationship in her upcoming memoir was brutal … however he additionally thinks alleged abusers want to listen to tales like his essentially the most.

Hickerson spoke with TMZ’s Charlie Neff forward of the discharge of Hayden’s memoir, “This Is Me: A Reckoning” … and admitted there was one significantly darkish second from their relationship he requested her to depart out of the guide — but it surely made the ultimate reduce anyway.

In keeping with Brian, the passage particulars a drunken incident the place he allegedly threatened to throw a cellphone at Hayden. He recalled telling her, “I’ll give you 10 seconds to run as fast as you can before I throw it at you.”

The ex-couple dated on and off from 2018 to 2022 … and their relationship exploded into public authorized drama … with Brian arrested a number of instances over alleged home violence incidents involving Hayden. He pleaded no contest to felony fees, was sentenced to jail time and probation, and was hit with a five-year restraining order requiring him to keep away from her.

Brian additionally pushed the dialog past survivors … saying individuals accused of abuse also needs to be compelled to confront these tales head-on. He believes home violence training comes too late in life … including he was by no means taught what abuse really regarded like rising up.

And in a hanging second of self-awareness, Hickerson steered Hayden’s memoir may find yourself serving as a warning guide for the very type of particular person he turned … proof that typically, it actually does take one to know one.