The Truth About Naya Rivera's Ex-Husband, Ryan Dorsey

By now all Glee fans must have heard the devastating news that Naya Rivera is not only still missing but is presumed to be dead, after a boating accident on Wednesday, July 8. The Ventura County Sheriff's Department confirmed via Twitter on July 9 that a search was underway, saying, "Multiple teams of professional search and rescue personnel are actively searching Lake Piru for clues to the location of Naya Rivera. With over 80 people involved in the search right now, we are using helicopters, boats, ATV vehicles, and ground personnel to try and locate her." While fans refuse to give up hope entirely, and continue to flood social media with hopes and prayers that she will still be found alive, all of Rivera's friends and family members are quietly bracing themselves for the worst. In the midst of this tragedy, there is one bright spot in that Rivera's beloved son, 4-year-old Josey Hollis Dorsey, survived the tragedy without incident, having been found on the boat alive and uninjured. Josey is the only child of Rivera and her ex-husband Ryan Dorsey, and The Daily Mail reports that as of Friday, July 10, father and son have been reunited. So who, exactly, is Ryan Dorsey, besides being the man who was once married to Naya Rivera and fathered Josey? Us Weekly reports that, according to Dorsey's own website, he described himself at one time as "the kid from the coal mining valley of West Virginia [who] had dreams of being a baseball player but high school fate derailed those plans and landed him on the stage, where he fell in love with a new dream." After a pit stop at The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, Dorsey was able to launch a fairly successful acting career. According to IMDb, the 36-year-old has 35 credits to date, although he's hardly a household name. Among the shows he has appeared in are Stumptown, Yellowstone, Bosch, Ray Donovan, and The Vampire Diaries. Ryan was also a regular on Justified, and had an appearance in Parks and Rec in 2013, not a bad way to kick off a career. He also has one production credit for Heavy Doom, a horror-themed show still in the pre-production phase, in which he'll have a starring role. Rivera and Dorsey may not have married until 2014, but they first met in 2010 and dated for a time before breaking it off. As Dorsey's dad told The Daily Mail of their initial meeting, "I knew she met him at some kind of a party, she saw him across a dance club and she went to talk to him...He was a playboy, he didn't want to settle down, he wanted to concentrate on his work. But they remained friends and I guess they hooked up after the engagement from Big Sean was dropped." A few weeks after they broke up, Rivera found out she was pregnant. She revealed to People, and also shared in her autobiography Sorry Not Sorry, that she never even informed Dorsey about this pregnancy. Instead, on a day off from filming Glee, she arranged to have the pregnancy terminated as, at the time, she felt she needed to focus on her career and didn't have the time to start a family. She admitted that she was nervous about finally coming out with this information because of the controversy surrounding abortion. As she told People: "It was very scary to open up about everything. It's not something a lot of people talk about, but I think they should. I know some people might read it and say, 'What the Hell?' But I hope someone out there gets something out of it." After reuniting in 2014, the couple married in Cabo San Lucas later that year. Their wedding date, July 19, was not only Dorsey's 31st birthday, but was also the date on which Rivera had originally planned to marry Big Sean, before the rapper called off their wedding. While Dorsey and Rivera did welcome a child together a year after they wed in September 2015, their relationship ultimately wasn't a happy one. By 2016 they were already planning to split up, although they didn't go through with a divorce at that time. After dating David Spade earlier in the year, the actress reconciled with her husband in mid-2017, but by the end of that year things got ugly again and Rivera was charged with domestic battery, after allegedly hitting Dorsey in the head. While the charges against her were dropped by Dorsey, the couple divorced in 2018, but continued to share custody of son Josey. Watch the video to learn The Truth About Naya Rivera's Ex-Husband, Ryan Dorsey. #NayaRivera #RyanDorsey