Troubled Star’s Estranged Mom Takes Aim at Abusive Boyfriend

Peter Carrette Archive / Getty Images Hayden Panettiere’s estranged mother is laying blame on the star’s abusive boyfriend Brian Hickerson for her sudden death at 36. Lesley Vogel, herself an actress who once managed her daughter’s career until they parted ways during Panettiere’s tenure on Heroes, released a statement on Tuesday slamming Hickerson, 37, for “enabling” her daughter. “This person in her life that we have been trying to get rid of for quite some time was with her at her death,…