Naya Rivera’s father recalled the last desperate conversation with the actress before her death

Just one year after the death of Naya rivera, his father first recounted in an interview how was the last conversation he had with the former star of Joy.

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George rivera related to the journal People that on July 8, the day Naya rented a boat and took her then 4-year-old son for a ride to Piru Lake in California, they had a FaceTime conversation where she asked him for advice regarding the boat.

“I wanted to go swimming with Josey in the middle of the lake”he said, explaining that when his daughter told him the ship did not have an anchor, he was worried. “I could see the wind blowing and my stomach tightened. He kept saying, “Don’t get off the boat! Don’t get off the boat! It’ll go away when you’re in the water, ”said the man, who has sailing experience.

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After three minutes of discussion, the call was cut: “It was just heartbreaking. I had a bad feeling that it was killing meGeorge remembers. In addition, he assured that he still does not manage to overcome the death of the young woman: “It is still very painful almost a year later. Things concentrate a little more slowly, but I do not know not if I will ever find a conclusion about it. I miss her every day”.

A few hours after this last call, her grandson Josey was found alone and asleep, with a life jacket, on board the boat. The search for the actress began immediately. The boy told authorities he swam with his mother and returned to the boat but she did not.

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The body of Rivera, 33, was found by a group of rescue divers five days later. The forensic team that worked on the investigation ruled out that it was a suicide. “Her gathered enough energy to bring her son back to the boatBut not enough to save himself, ”Ventura County Officer Bill Ayub told media at the time.

Some time after the death of Naya, her ex-partner Ryan dorsey filed a lawsuit on behalf of his son Josey against Ventura County, Aguas Unidas Conservation District and the Parks and Recreation Authority for “Wrongful death and negligent imposition of emotional distress”.

Among the reasons for the request, he pointed out that the boat rented by Rivera was not equipped with “a safe access ladder, an adequate rope, an anchor, a radio or any safety mechanism “to prevent swimmers / tenants from being separated from their boats.

“In a disturbing way, further investigation revealed that the boat was not even fitted with any devices flotation devices or life jackets, in direct violation of California law, which requires all boats over 16 feet to be fitted with flotation devices, ”they maintained in the presentation.