EXCLUSIVE: Gary Coleman Legal Battle Brewing, As Ex-Wife Denies She 'Pushed' Star
Posted on Jun 03, 2010 @ 02:53PM
Gary Coleman’s estranged parents are making their first moves regarding the mysterious death of their son, RadarOnline.com has learned.
Sue and Willie Coleman -- who the pint-sized actor sued in 1989 for allegedly stealing his multimillion-dollar fortune, a claim his parents have long denied -- are expected to begin proceedings soon.
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Coleman's parents have hired Utah attorney Rick Jackman and are expected to head to the state to seek answers, reports FOX 13 in Salt Lake City.
They also plan to attend his funeral.
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The former Diff'rent Strokes child TV star died from a brain hemorrhage Friday at age 42.
He suffered a head injury, triggering an intracranial brain hemorrhage, after falling at his home in Santaquin.
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Coleman’s parents want Gary's ex-wife, Shannon Price, to reveal what led to his hospitalization, put their son in a coma and ultimately forced his removal from life support, a decision she made.
It has since emerged Coleman was divorced from his Price.
The pair legally split on August 12, 2008, nearly two years before he suffered a brain hemorrhage that put him in a coma, according to court papers.
A hospital spokesperson said Thursday Price had the authority to take the former child actor off life support.
In her first interview, a near-emotionless Price defended her decision to pull the plug on life support because she said she didn't want Coleman to be like Muhammad Ali or Terri Schiavo.
“I don’t want people to sit there and think I am a b--ch,” Price said.
“Gary was gone, his eyes were dilated, he wasn’t, you know, he was just gone... he would have died sooner rather than later.”
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Price said she's heard speculation that she pushed Gary and that caused him to fall and ultimately hemorrhage.
“People are so cruel, they don’t even know,” she said.
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“I was upstairs, he was downstairs, how am I going to push him? That effected me ore than anything, the scrutiny that people come up with... they are just heartless.”
She said she would remember her husband fondly.
“He has done a lot for me, he bought me a car... which he chose to do, which I never asked him for. I thought that was very sweet of him to do that,” she added.
At the weekend, Sue Coleman said: "We're not pointing fingers at anyone, but we need to know exactly what happened.
"We're not angry. We're just concerned. Did our son fall down the stairs? Did he fall in the bathtub? We need to have some closure on our son's life.”
No details of the accident prior to Coleman's death have been released.
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If someone I loved was laying on my floor bleeding to death, I'd overcome my issues with seeing blood to assist them.
Posted Thu, 06/03/2010 - 5:24pm
R.I.P Gary probamashop.com
Posted Thu, 06/03/2010 - 5:12pm
He walked away from his family years ago. Figures they would come out like vultures now that he is dead.
Posted Thu, 06/03/2010 - 4:32pm
Sorry for your loss! It's always about the money. Be rich and get killed whether it is on the street or in Hollywood. Glad I'm poor.
Posted Thu, 06/03/2010 - 4:20pm
that 911 tape was just plain creepy...........she was totally emotionless and matter of fact. I would have been more upset if I had come across a total stranger. She has no soul.
Posted Thu, 06/03/2010 - 4:07pm
Why would Gary stay with Shannon when their relationship was so tumultous? He must have had his reasons. I just want Gary Coleman to REST IN PEACE.
Posted Thu, 06/03/2010 - 3:50pm
Well, how many normal sized women end up with under five foot tall husbands? C'mon. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this one out.
Posted Thu, 06/03/2010 - 4:05pm
was not there so I would not know. I do remember Gary saying how much he despised his family for leaving him virtually penniless to the point that he worked as a security guard. He was not loaded. His parents will pick the carcass though.
Posted Thu, 06/03/2010 - 3:49pm
This is so absurd. These two were divorced and have had domestic issues before and there is 'no reason' to investigate. You have got to be freaking kidding me!!!!!!
Posted Thu, 06/03/2010 - 3:46pm
"He bought me a car"!???? Duh! That's what married folk do -- buy stuff for one another to have a y'know, normal life. That's how your husband was good to you? This does not sound like a normal married relationship from that stmt alone.
Posted Thu, 06/03/2010 - 3:44pm