Brian Hickerson got called on the carpet in an L.A. courtroom for being "quite high" during a recent TMZ interview, and that was enough for the judge to deny his attempt to clear his record.
Hickerson had filed a motion to expunge his 2020 domestic violence case -- where he beat girlfriend Hayden Panettiere -- and a judge took up the motion August 13th -- three days before Hayden's death. Hickerson and his lawyer were no-shows, but the D.A. had plenty to say.
For starters, the prosecutor noted he was arrested a year ago while high at a restaurant in West Hollywood. PEOPLE was first to report on the TMZ interview being used against Brian Hickerson in Court.
The case of a New York City grandma who's been missing for two weeks in Las Vegas took a sad turn Thursday ... and TMZ is learning more about what happened to the 63-year-old.
Alisa Goods was visiting a friend in Sin City, and she left their home on August 8 to go shopping at CVS and vanished. Days after she disappeared, someone began messaging from her phone, asking her family for bitcoin. She was found dead Thursday near Harry Reid International Airport.
Las Vegas Metro PD tells TMZ ... surveillance from the airport shows a woman, believed to be Goods, falling down an embankment -- getting back up and then collapsing on August 8.
Hayden Panettiere's boyfriend Brian Hickerson gave her Narcan after he and his brother Zach Hickersonfound her unconscious the day she died ... at least according to Zach ... and that's huge on many levels.
Zach tells TMZ ... "Brian gave her Narcan."
The admission is telling ... Hayden and Brian traveled to South Carolina the day before she died, so it seems they either traveled with Narcan or bought some in South Carolina shortly after arriving. Whatever the case, it suggests Hayden and/or Brian were really struggling with substance abuse.
Zach says he went to their Greenville Airbnb after not hearing from them, knocked, woke Brian up from a nap, and then the brothers discovered an unconscious Hayden ... with Zach calling 911 as Brian gave her Narcan, a medication administered nasally to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.
In a statement to TMZ on Friday, Zach says ... "There are a lot of assumptions, speculations and accusations currently swirling. The truth will come out as the authorities complete and release additional details from the investigation. And that is important because the people who loved and adored Hayden deserve the truth."
Gleb Savchenko's ex-wife has learned that their daughter has been living in a home he shares with his OnlyFans girlfriend ... and she's pissed.
Elena Samodanova told Us Weekly she's worried about their daughter Olivia's living situation, saying ... "Gleb disclosed Olivia’s location only after the Court ordered him to provide her address and contact information."
She's not thrilled that Olivia's living with Gleb's OF girlfriend, Kaitlin Trujillo, telling the outlet ... "The address he provided confirmed that our teenage daughter is living in a property owned by his girlfriend, rather than in a permanent home maintained by him."
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Thais' attorney, Carmen Marisol, tells TMZ ... a motion filed earlier this week contained inaccurate factual allegations concerning alleged marital misconduct, and says Patrick's counsel has acknowledged those statements "were included in error." She says both sides agreed the motion will be stricken.
The development comes one day after TMZ reported Patrick claimed in court docs he discovered Thais was having an affair around April 2026, and alleged she later demanded he leave their marital home.
Mama June's daughter Pumpkinsays her X-rated online presence cost her daughter a spot at a private elementary school ... telling TMZ the school pulled the kid's acceptance after discovering her social media posts.
Pumpkin tells TMZ ... she first reached out to the Georgia school about a week and a half ago and says the admissions staff was initially "super kind" and communicative throughout the process.
That changed Friday morning ... when Pumpkin says she received an email asking her to come to the school for a meeting with administrators.
A Newport Beach police officer wasn't going to waste any time when he saw a group of dogs baking in a car ... and he quickly busted out a window to save the pooches.
Check out the footage ... as you can see from the cop's body cam from May 18, shared today by the department as a serious reminder of the danger ... the dogs were clearly distressed, with the window only slightly cracked ... while some were in cages.
The pooches were checked out by a vet after they were saved ... and all had body temperature levels that can be deadly for dogs.
Taylor Sheridan, Paramount, and NBCUniversal are all being sued by a woman who claims she came up with the building blocks for "Yellowstone" ... and she says they stole her idea.
Lauren J. Salkin -- an entertainment journalist and TV writer -- filed the federal lawsuit in California against several parties Friday ... claiming that in 2016 and 2017 she submitted a pilot script and additional materials for a show titled "Sovereign Nation" to Taylor's production company.
She says she knows these materials were reviewed because she received a note from Elevate Entertainment that reads, "Taylor thanks you very much for your interest. Unfortunately, he's unavailable for TV projects."
However, she says within months, Paramount greenlit Sheridan's show "Yellowstone" ... which aired its first episode in June 2018. Salkin says the similarities between her show and Taylor's are too numerous to be a coincidence.
3:13 PM PT -- Rashod's lawyer, Jordan Siev at Reed Smith, tells TMZ ... "It is unfortunate that a personal family situation has been taken completely out of context for sensational reasons. We will let the court process play out and the facts will come out at that time."
2:32 PM PT -- A spokesperson for the Baltimore Ravens tells TMZ ... "We are aware of the situation involving Rashod and have been in direct communication with him. We notified the league office and have been cooperating throughout the process. As this is a pending legal matter, we will not have further comment."
NFL star Rashod Bateman is accused of family violence in Georgia after he allegedly smashed the windows of his baby mama's car ... while his 3-month-old was inside ... TMZ has learned.
According to court docs, obtained by TMZ, the alleged victim told cops the incident happened around 6 AM on June 3.
Authorities claim Rashod used an object to break the windshield and driver's side window of the alleged victim's 2021 Benz.
10:54 AM PT -- Kim Zolciak is vehemently denying allegations that her son Kroy Biermann Jr.sexually assaulted a female classmate.
Kim tells TMZ in a statement, "The allegations being made against my son are nothing short of reckless and deeply troubling. He categorically denies ever being involved with this woman or engaging in the conduct she has alleged."
According to court docs, obtained by TMZ, an officer was dispatched to North Fulton Hospital on April 24, 2026, for a reported sexual assault.
Police say the alleged victim -- a teenage classmate of Kroy and Kim's son -- and her father claimed the incident occurred one day earlier inside a nearby gym.
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Hailey Bieber's sister, Alaia Baldwin Aronow, will not be thrown behind bars as part of her assault and battery criminal case for allegedly throwing tampons at bar employees ... as long as she keeps her nose clean ... TMZ has learned.
New legal docs obtained by TMZ show prosecutors offered to put Alaia in a pre-trial diversion program where she will have to complete a series of classes, fines, and other requirements ... in exchange for not having to serve jail time.
Alaia accepted the offer and paid the fee for the program.
Diversion programs are typically offered to first-time or low-level offenders with limited criminal history.
American actor and musician Reid Ewingwas 20 years old when he first started playing Dylan -- Haley's on-and-off boyfriend who isn't the sharpest tool in the shed -- on the hit show "Modern Family" back in 2009.
Clavicular has a hunch "looksmaxing can help prevent being murdered" ... but it sounds like further study is needed.
The popular streamer was musing about homicide victims on X on Friday, lamenting the fact "there's no dataset where researchers rated the facial attractiveness of homicide victims."
Clav speculates homicide victims must look "cel-ish," seemingly a reference to incels ... and he's guessing attractive people are less likely to get whacked.
Hayden Panettiere's boyfriend, Brian Hickerson, was arrested twice last year in Los Angeles ... prosecutors revealed in open court during a hearing days before her death.
Here's the deal ... last month, Brian filed a petition to expunge his domestic violence arrest from his record. In 2021, he pled no contest to two felony counts of corporal injury to a spouse/cohabitant and was sentenced to 45 days in jail and 4 years of probation, and he had to fulfill other requirements as well.
Brian petitioned the court, claiming he'd met his obligations under the law ... and he wanted the felonies taken off his record ... a motion prosecutors opposed.
During a court hearing last Thursday -- which neither Hickerson nor his attorney attended -- PEOPLE reports prosecutors strongly opposed expunging the record ... citing Brian's alleged drug use and two different arrests that took place last year in Los Angeles.
