Hayden Panettiere's mom has denied she was ever "abusive" or pressured her daughter to succeed.
The late Heroes star - who died last weekend aged just 36 - was estranged from Lesley Vogel, which she had previously claimed stemmed from the way the boundaries between her as a parent and manager increasingly crossed, but her mother has now insisted she never forced her daughter to do anything she didn't want to do, though she admitted she was a demanding parent and acting coach.