Sheriff: ‘Glee’ Star Naya Rivera Saved Son Before Drowning

Sheriff: ‘Glee’ Star Naya Rivera Saved Son Before Drowning
Naya Rivera, a cast member in the television series "Glee," poses at a screening and Q&A for the show, at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles on May 1, 2012. Chris Pizzello/ File/AP Photo
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LOS ANGELES—“Glee” star Naya Rivera’s 4-year-old son told investigators that his mother, whose body was found in a Southern California lake Monday, boosted him back on to the deck of their rented boat before he looked back and saw her disappearing under the water, authorities said.

“She must have mustered enough energy to get her son back on the boat, but not enough to save herself,” Ventura County Sheriff Bill Ayub said at a news conference.