Ryan Dorsey pays tribute to late ex Naya Rivera on birthday

Ryan Dorsey penned a touching message to his late ex-wife, Naya Rivera, on what would have been her thirty sixth birthday.

“🎂 IIIVI 🎂,” the “Ray Donovan” actor, 39, captioned a carousel of images on Instagram Thursday of the “Glee” alum with their son, Josey.

“A bit of simpler with every little little bit of time that passes by to have a look at photos…however I nonetheless don’t have the solutions to the inquiries to the why’s our candy boy asks sometimes. I by no means will. Doing the very best we are able to.”

Dorsey instructed Rivera to “Fly excessive” earlier than sending an encouraging message to his followers.

“If you’re studying this it doesn’t matter what you’re going via, take a second of gratitude that you just’re nonetheless right here on this trip,” he wrote. “I do know some days are more durable than others to stand up, however preserve we simply gotta preserve pushing onward.”

The “Big Sky” star’s heartfelt publish comes practically three years after Rivera drowned whereas on a boating outing with their son. She was 33 years outdated.

The actress had been reported lacking on July 8, 2020, after Josey, who was 4 years outdated on the time, was discovered alone on a ship on Southern California’s Lake Piru.

Authorities regarded for Rivera for days, however the search got here to a tragic finish on July 13 when her physique was found and he or she was confirmed lifeless.

Four months later, Dorsey filed a wrongful dying lawsuit on behalf of his son in opposition to Ventura County and Lake Piru’s administration.

The swimsuit alleged that Rivera’s dying was preventable and that the boat she and Josey rented that day didn’t adjust to Coast Guard security requirements by not having flotation gadgets, that are required by regulation in California.

In March 2022, an lawyer for Rivera’s property introduced that the household had settled the lawsuit.

“Through this settlement, Josey will obtain simply compensation for having to endure the drowning of his beloved mom at Lake Piru,” the lawyer, Amjad M. Khan, mentioned in a press release on the time.

Dorsey and Rivera had been married from 2014 to 2018. He now takes care of 7-year-old Josey with the assistance of his former partner’s youthful sister, Nickayla Rivera.