Hayden Panettiere steps out for dinner at Nobu in Malibu with pals… weeks after brawl
Last week she was seen for the first time since her and boyfriend Brian Hickerson’s wild bar brawl in Hollywood with bar patrons.
And on Wednesday night, Hayden Panettiere was seen leaving celeb hot spot Nobu in Malibu with friends.
The 32-year-old actress cut a casual figure in sweats and sneakers as she headed back to her car post dinner.
Dinner: Last week she was seen for the first time since her and boyfriend Brian Hickerson’s wild bar brawl in Hollywood with bar patrons. And on Wednesday night, Hayden Panettiere was seen leaving celeb hot spot Nobu in Malibu with friends
The mother of one chose gray and black sweats with a coordinating hoodie, adding Nike sneakers and her hair pulled back.
The sighting comes less than a week after she was seen for the first time since her and boyfriend Brian Hickerson’s wild bar brawl with bar patrons at Sunset Marquis.
During her sighting last week, the actress was seen enjoying a shopping trip in Malibu with a pal.
Brian, a 32-year-old convicted felon, allegedly spat on one of the revelers during the bar brawl in late March.
Busy: The 32-year-old actress cut a casual figure in sweats and sneakers as she headed back to her car post dinner
Hayden, who is five feet tall, can be heard screaming ‘Brian’ before trying to pull him away from the group, according to a video from TMZ.
After Brian allegedly spit on someone in the bar, the manger kicked everyone out, a witness told TMZ.
A representative for Panettiere told People that Hickerson ‘made a comment to an individual about leaving the waitress a poor tip.’
‘That same individual, along with the group he was with, began badgering and shoving Brian, at which point security pushed everyone outside. Brian was attacked by the group, as was Hayden, who in her best effort tried to diffuse the situation,’ the representative said.
Striking: The mother of one chose gray and black sweats with a coordinating hoodie, adding Nike sneakers and her hair pulled back
The video picks up on the West Hollywood street outside the hotel with security asking other patrons not involved in the fight to go back inside.
It appears Hickerson and Panettiere are up against two women – who largely stay out of the fight – and six men.
The actress mostly stayed near the outer ring of the fight and warningly called her boyfriend’s name.
At one point, a man in a brown jacket was still launching himself at Hickerson, causing Panettiere to reach out and grab his jacket to pull him off her boyfriend.
She fell to the ground in the action, alongside two to three other people and the man Panettiere grabbed was seen held in a headlock by Hickerson.
Troubled: At the time of the bar brawl, Brian was already on probation until 2025 for domestically abusing her in 2018l pictured December 2018
Police arrived after the fight broke up and no report was filed, according to TMZ.
A representative for Panettiere said the star was ‘refused the opportunity to provide a statement to the police as she was escorted back inside.’
Her representative also told People that Panettiere is ‘okay’ after the fight.
At the time of the bar brawl, Brian was already on probation until 2025 for domestically abusing her in 2018.
Hickerson was sentenced to 45 days in jail and four years probation in 2021; He also had to attend 52 domestic violence classes, pay $500 in restitution, and was issued five-year protective order.
He was arrested on multiple felony charges, including corporal injury on a spouse/cohabitant, two charges of assault with a deadly weapon, and one for intimidating Panettiere.
He also faced a misdemeanor charge for battery on a spouse/cohabitant.
Most of his charges were dropped.
He allegedly assaulted Panettiere from December 2019 to January 2020 and the actress obtained a restraining order against him in May 2019, which forbade him from coming within 100 yards of her.
A month later he pleaded not guilty to a count of domestic violence in a case that was later dismissed.
He arrested on Valentine’s Day 2020 in Wyoming and was charged with domestic battery after he allegedly punch the actress ‘with a closed fist on the right side of her face.’
Convicted: He arrested on Valentine’s Day 2020 in Wyoming and was charged with domestic battery after he allegedly punch the actress ‘with a closed fist on the right side of her face’
She took to Instagram afterward while they were broken up, writing: ‘I am coming forward with the truth about what happened to me with the hope that my story will empower others in abusive relationships to get the help they need and deserve. I am prepared to do my part to make sure this man never hurts anyone again.’
In July 2021, rumors began to swirl that the couple was rekindling their romance after they were spotted spending time together after he was released from jail.
The pair were first linked after Panettiere split with her then-fiancé Wladimir Klitschko, the former two-time heavyweight boxer champion, with whom she has a daughter Kaya, seven.
Former flames: The pair were first linked after Panettiere split with her then-fiancé Wladimir Klitschko, the former two-time heavyweight boxer champion, with whom she has a daughter Kaya, seven; seen with ex fiance Wladimir Klitschko in April 2010
Wladimir has custody of the girl after the Heroes actress had a heavy battle with post-partum depression and alcohol abuse.
Kaya and Wladimir, 46, moved to Ukraine afterward but she has been sent out of the country since Russia’s invasion.
Hayden posted on Instagram in support of the country and for her ‘friends and family’ living there when the war broke out, and confirmed in the comments that her daughter was ‘safe.’