Naya Rivera's 9-year-old son, Josey, recalled his mother's final moments on Lake Piru, stating that he tried to find a life raft but was too scared to throw a rope because of a spider. He also remembers the windy conditions and his mother saying his name before going underwater.
Naya Rivera 's ex-husband revealed their 4-year-old son witnessed the ' Glee ' star's final moments July 8, 2020. Josey, who was 4 years old at the time of Rivera's drowning, still feels guilt for not being able to save his mother. 'Something he’s said over and over is that he was trying to find a life raft, and there was a rope. But there was a big spider on the rope, and he was too scared to throw it,' Ryan Dorsey told People magazine.
Rivera and Josey had set out on Lake Piru on a rented pontoon July 8. The mother and son had been swimming in the lake when Rivera noticed the boat had drifted away. The rental was not equipped with an anchor or flotation devices. Josey swam back to the boat and grabbed 'the tanks' to pull himself 'around the boat,' but Rivera didn't make it back. An incident report claimed Rivera exhausted herself attempting to help Josey back into the rented pontoon.
At the time, Dorsey was 145 miles away in Big Bear Lake, California. The 'Big Sky' star was shopping at a Ralph's supermarket when he got a call about his missing ex-wife. 'I collapsed into a pallet of drinks,' Dorsey told People magazine. 'I feared the worst.' 'I drove 100-and-something the whole way with my four-way hazards on, chain-smoking cigarettes — and I don’t even smoke, really — and just crying,' he recalled. 'I just wanted to get to Josey.
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