Naya Rivera’s 4-year-old son, Josey, is thought to be “doing better every day” a month after the accidental death of the Glee star.
Josey was the last person with Rivera before she disappeared on Lake Piru in California. Her body was later recovered on July 13.
The 4-year-old is currently living full-time with his father, Ryan Dorsey, according to Entertainment Tonight. Rivera’s sister, Nickalya, also spends a lot of time with Josey.
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American actress Naya Rivera and son Josey Hollis Dorsey arrive for the premiere of “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part”
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“Ryan’s whole world right now is Josey,” a source told ET. “Ryan is still sad and having a lot of trouble with the loss of Naya, but he remains strong and will continue to do so for the sake of his son.”
She added: “Ryan would do anything for Josey. At the moment, he is lying really low and staying out of the public eye so he can fully focus on Josey and try to figure out how to navigate this new normal. ”
The source revealed that Josey has an understanding that his mother is dead, but her family tries every day to share fond memories of the late “Glee” star.
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“Josey is a very strong boy and Naya would be very proud of him,” the insider said.
Dorsey, 37, posted a touching tribute to Rivera on Instagram on July 25th.
He often reminds himself to take Snapchat videos and photos of Rivera, to whom she would respond, “Ryan can you stop chatting!”
“I’m glad I did not listen to you because I have hundreds and probably thousands of snaps and videos that Josey will have forever and know that his mom loved him more than life, and how much fun we had together then he grew up, “Dorsey continued.
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“Life is all about good times and bad times, but with Josey it makes the bad a little less, because a part of you will always be with us. He will never forget where he came from. We miss you. “We will always love you. I love you Meep,” he concluded.
On July 14, the Ventura County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed that the cause of Rivera’s death had drowned, following the completion of an autopsy report. The manner of death is reported as an accident. She was 33.
Rivera was the subject of a massive search led by the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office that lasted five days after she was hired and missing a pontoon boat with her 4-year-old son, Josey. Police eventually confirmed that a body had been found on the northeast corner of Lake Piru. Hours later, at a press conference, authorities said they were ‘confident’ that it was the former “Glee” star.
Rivera and her son went swimming during their excursion – he was wearing a life jacket, but that was not her – and he got back in the boat, but she did not, said the sheriff’s department.
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The child was found safe on the boat three hours later by another boat, according to KCAL-TV in Los Angeles. According to Ventura County Sheriff Bill Ayub, Josey told investigators that his mother helped him get on the boat. He then looked back and saw her disappear into the water.
Dorsey and Rivera were married in 2014 and divorced in June 2018. Josey is their only child. She wrote in her memoir that her son “was my greatest success, and I will never do anything better than him.”
