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Published 14:44 IST, July 10th 2020

Naya Rivera missing: Fans reject the 'glee curse' conspiracy theory, call it 'distasteful'

Naya Rivera's missing news has given birth to social media theories about the 'Glee curse' and now fans have rejected the conjecture. Read more details here.

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Naya Rivera recently went missing while boating with her son in the Ventura County of California. Soon after Naya Rivera's missing news broke out, it re-ignited the much-discussed ‘glee curse’ debate on social media platforms. In the past few years, many actors and members from the Glee Team have passed away shockingly. However, fans have slammed the 'Glee curse' theory and have expressed concerns over Naya Rivera's whereabouts. Take a look at how fans rejected to Naya Rivera's 'Glee Cruse' conjectures:

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What is the 'Glee curse' based on?

In July 2013, actor Cory Monteith, who played lovable quarterback Finn Hudson in the show, was found dead in a hotel room in Vancouver, British Columbia. If the reports are to be believed, the autopsy report revealed that Monteith had died from a toxic combination of alcohol and heroin. As per reports, Monteith was very vocal about his struggles with substance abuse and had also taken some time off during the show to go to rehab. 

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In 2018, tragedy struck again when Mark Salling, who played the role of Noah “Puck” Puckerman in the show, was found hanging from a tree in a riverbed near his home in Sunland, California. As per reports published by a leading news daily, Salling committed suicide six weeks before he was due to be sentenced to four to seven years in prison for possession of child pornography. The report adds that actor Becca Tobin suffered a personal tragedy of her own when her boyfriend, nightclub entrepreneur Matt Bendik, was found dead in his Philadelphia hotel room in 2014.

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How Naya Rivera went missing

After the boat was not returned at the scheduled time on Wednesday afternoon, a few workers from the dock, which handle boating activities for families, went out in the lake looking for it, claims a report published in the leading news daily. Sergeant Donoghue confirmed that the boat was later found in the northern part of the lake, an area where the water is about 30 feet deep. As per recent development in the missing case, Naya Rivera has been presumed dead by the authorities at the Ventura County Sheriff's Office.

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14:44 IST, July 10th 2020