In a recent interview with PEOPLE, Ryan Dorsey, the former husband of the late Naya Rivera, shared his thoughts on her heartbreaking death, marking five years since the tragedy.
He opened up about the ongoing struggles of their son, Josey, who continues to grapple with a sense of guilt. At just 4 years old when the incident occurred, Josey witnessed the devastating moment when his mother drowned beside their boat.
“He said that the last thing she said was his name, and then she went under, and he didn’t see her anymore,”
Dorsey told the outlet.
“It just rocks my world that he had to witness her last moments.”
He added,
“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. I keep reassuring him, ‘Buddy, that rope wasn’t going to be long enough.’ That obviously still sticks out in his head because he feels like he could have saved her. I think she just got caught up in a brush — that or a weird undercurrent from the dam. It was just a freak occurrence.”
#Clique, what are your thoughts?
