Wladimir Klitschko Steps In to Pay Hayden Panettiere’s $30K Tax Bill Amid Estate Drama-Inside the Legal Battle Over Kaya’s Future

2026/10/07

Wladimir Klitschko is making a deeply personal and practical move in the wake of Hayden Panettiere’s death. According to court documents obtained by TMZ, the 50-year-old former heavyweight champion says he is using $30,000 of his own money to cover the late actress’s tax bill. His goal is clear: prevent Panettiere’s estate from being burdened with added interest and penalties while the paperwork around her affairs is still being sorted out.

Klitschko believes her 2025 individual state and federal income tax returns are due on October 15, and he says he intends to seek reimbursement from the estate once it is formally established.

#### Protecting Kaya’s Inheritance
The move is not happening in isolation. Klitschko and Panettiere shared an on-and-off relationship from 2009 to 2018, were engaged in 2013, and are the parents of 11-year-old Kaya.

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