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Post by Admin on Jul 9, 2020 7:18:34 GMT
The search for 33-year-old actress Naya Rivera was suspended late Wednesday night after she went missing earlier in the day. According to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department, Rivera rented a pontoon boat at about 1 p.m. for she and her 4-year-old son to take out onto Lake Piru. Ventura County Sheriff’s Department officials say they are searching for 33-year-old actress Naya Rivera after finding her 4-year-old son alone on a boat Wednesday afternoon. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images) About three hours later, another boater found her child sleeping in the boat by himself. The boater notified officials, who immediately began a search for Rivera with the use of helicopters, drones and dive teams. The child was said to be unharmed and told investigators that he and his mother were swimming, but his mother never got back into the boat. It was not immediately clear how the child got back into the boat. “There’s a lot of challenges in a reservoir this size, at times with visibility,” Capt. Eric Buschow, of the sheriff’s department, said. “I don’t have details yet as to the depth of the area where the boat was found or what conditions they’re encountering out there.”  The vehicle Rivera and her son traveled to Lake Piru in was removed from the scene, though the boat remained in the water. Authorities were working to reunite the child with family members Wednesday evening. On Tuesday, Rivera shared a photo of she and her son with the caption, “just the two of us,” on Twitter. |
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Post by Admin on Jul 13, 2020 19:12:57 GMT
Naya Rivera's body has been recovered from Lake Piru ... TMZ has learned.  Ventura County officials said Monday that a body had been found at the lake, and our law enforcement sources have confirmed it is, in fact, her. A press conference sharing the news publicly is forthcoming. As we reported ... Naya and her 4-year-old son, Josey Hollis Dorsey, were swimming in Lake Piru when something terrible happened Wednesday. Josey got back in the boat and when authorities arrived for a check, he told them he and his mom were swimming and he didn't know what happened to her.  Naya's big break came in 2009 when she landed the role of Santana Lopez on the FOX hit series, "Glee." She was a talented singer ... signing with Columbia Records in 2011. That same year ... she was part of the "Glee" ensemble nominated for a Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for "Don't Stop Believin'." In 2013, she released a single, "Sorry," featuring Big Sean, whom she dated and was briefly engaged to in 2013, before ending the relationship in 2014. Naya later dated Josey's father, actor Ryan Dorsey, marrying him in Cabo San Lucas in July 2014. They divorced in 2018 and had been sharing custody of Josey. |
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Post by Admin on Jul 14, 2020 6:06:12 GMT
Before disappearing in a California lake, “Glee” actress Naya Rivera used her last bits of strength to get her 4-year-old son onto their drifting boat, but didn’t have the energy to save herself, officials said Monday. “We believe it was mid-afternoon when she went swimming, the idea being, perhaps, that the boat began drifting… and that she mustered enough energy to get her son back on the boat but not enough to save herself,” Ventura County Sheriff William Ayub told reporters at a press conference held after the discovery of her body Monday.  He added that “[Her son Josey] described being helped into the boat by Naya, who boosted him onto the deck from behind. He looked back and saw her disappear under the surface of the water.” The “Glee” actress’ body was found floating near the surface in the northeastern corner of Lake Piru, about six days after she went missing during a trip with her 4-year-old, Ayub said. “We are confident the body we found is that of Naya Rivera,” Ayub said at a press conference, citing the location and clothing of the body and the fact that no one else has been reported missing in the lake. “There are a lot of currents on the lake that appear particularly in the afternoon,” Ayub said. The boy, Rivera’s son from her marriage to actor Ryan Dorsey, was found asleep on the pontoon, wrapped in a towel and wearing his life jacket, on Wednesday afternoon. Authorities have said they believe Rivera drowned. She was found near where the pair had gone swimming, in an area of the lake with 35 to 60-foot deep waters and heavy brush and trees that rise up nearly 20-feet from the lake bed. “We believe she was concealed within the shrubbery of some of the floorbed of the lake” before the body rose to the surface, Ayub said. The remains looked like they had been in the water for several days and did not have a life jacket. An adult-size life vest was found on the boat. |
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Post by Admin on Jul 15, 2020 2:08:29 GMT
Dianna Agron is remembering her "first friend and ally," Naya Rivera. On Monday, authorities found the body of Rivera, 33, who had gone missing during a boat outing with her 4-year-old son, Josey, at Lake Piru in Ventura County, California, last week. The discovery came on the seventh anniversary of fellow Glee star Cory Monteith's death. http://instagram.com/p/CCoPmLYgRuS After learning the news of her death, Agron, who starred as Quinn Fabray on Glee, joined the long list of friends and costars who paid tribute to the star on social media. "Naya and I fell into stride with such ease, she was my first friend and ally on our show. In the pilot, our characters came and went with such swiftness. Our enthusiasm brimmed with all of the unknown," she wrote. "We tried to grasp what the other cast members must be feeling as we were working in such separate manners. We dared to dream. What if this show worked? Wouldn’t that be something? Something was brimming, it was palpable. And thank god it worked. Naya’s magnetic talent was going to be unleashed, we just didn’t know it yet." http://instagram.com/p/CCJhceiAR6l Agron, 34, said she's spent the last few days watching some of Rivera's most memorable performances on the show and reflecting on the "gift" it was to work with her. "I’ve been revisiting Naya’s performances on our show and it has brought me great joy. To work with her was a gift. There was a great deal to absorb - her work ethic, her fearlessness, her talent - supreme. Naya had a laugh that would envelop you and hold you captive," she wrote. "She was mesmerizing. That twinkle in her eye, her luminous smile. Naya lead with truth, humor, wit. I loved her for all of these reasons." Along with the message, she shared a sweet photo of herself and Rivera playfully touching noses while wearing matching costumes. |
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Post by Admin on Jul 17, 2020 1:20:16 GMT
As Naya Rivera's family mourns the Glee star’s tragic death, her ex-husband Ryan Dorsey is still reeling from the news.
“Ryan has barely slept,” a source says in the latest issue of PEOPLE. “It’s just a nightmare. Although he wasn’t with Naya, it’s Josey’s mom. Josey needs his mom.”
On Monday, authorities found Rivera's body five days after her disappearance. The actress had gone missing during a boat outing with her and Dorsey's 4-year-old son, Josey, at Lake Piru in Ventura County, California, last week. She was 33.
Despite being found alone on the pontoon boat, authorities said Josey was "in good health," and he was reunited with Dorsey.
“Ryan can’t imagine raising Josey without Naya. It’s the most devastating situation," the source says about Dorsey, who was married to Rivera from 2014 to 2018.
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