Naya Rivera ‘had been drinking and taking prescription drugs’ before drowning in front of her son
GLEE actress Naya Rivera “had been drinking and taking prescription drugs” when she drowned on Lake Piru in front of her son in July, medical examiner’s reports reveal.
A report from the Ventura County Medical Examiner’s office shared on Friday with The Sun revealed the details of the 33-year-old’s death.
Rivera had a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.016, the report shows.
She also had levels of low levels of amphetamine, caffeine, diazepam, nordiazepam, phentermine, the report shows.
Rivera had a prescription for medication in her purse when her belongings were found on the boat in California, along with three White Claw cans.
One can was empty, one was around three-fourths full, and the other was unopened, according to an investigative report.
Her death has been ruled an accident, by drowning.
Rivera had gone missing from Lake Piru after going out on a boat with her son on July 8.
After a days-long search, investigators found her body in the lake on July 13.
According to an investigative report, Rivera had jumped in the water with her son to swim at Diablo Cove.
Yolanda, Rivera’s mother, told investigators that her son said his mother counted ‘1,2,3,’ and they jumped off the boat together, the report states.
Rivera pushed her son back on the boat.
Shortly after, her son “noticed the decedent put her arm up in the air and yelled ‘help.'” the report stated.
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Yolanda said the child told her he heard Rivera yell “help” and she raised her arm in the air, according to the document.
A previous autopsy report said there was no indication that drugs or alcohol played a role in Rivera’s death.
Samples were still sent for toxicology testing, however.
