Gary Coleman’s ex-wife just tried to clear her name once and for all… But ended up making herself look worse than ever!
15 years after the child actor suddenly and tragically passed away after suffering a nasty tumble in his Utah home, his ex-wife Shannon Price is still having fingers pointed at her. If you don’t recall, the pair wed in 2007 but divorced the following year. Despite breaking up, they continued living together — which unfortunately meant she was present when he died.
In 2010 Gary tragically suffered an intracranial hemorrhage after falling in their home. Shannon discovered him after the fact, in a pool of blood. At the time, she called 911 but inexplicably refused to listen to the operator’s instructions to help care for him before paramedics arrived. The incident was suspicious to some. But Shannon has maintained for 15 years that she had nothing to do with the fall.
Gary was ultimately placed on a medically-induced coma, and two days after that, Shannon made the decision to pull the plug. The move riled up skeptics further questioning her role in his death, but she was never charged.
But the questions still follow her around. So now she’s agreed to take a lie detector test with the hope of silencing suspicion once and for all. But she got quite the opposite result!
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In A&E’s new docuseries Lie Detector: Truth or Deception, seen early by People, Shannon explains:
“I literally, my whole life, have had the odds working against me. And so I’m hoping, I’m really hoping, for a good outcome. Not everyone is perfect at taking a polygraph test, but I have a glimmer of hope that this will work out in my favor, and people will be like, okay, you know what? She’s just a normal girl that had an unfortunate situation happen.”
The now-39-year-old admitted she was “a little nervous” to take the test, and told technician and FBI agent George Olivo he “pushed” her during the questioning, which was “stressful.”
Olivo asked three main questions during the interrogation relating to Gary’s death. First, he asked Shannon if she ever struck Gary during their relationship. She responded “no,” but the results were inconclusive. He told her:
“I’m not going to say that you passed that test, because you didn’t.”
She responded:
“I would never hurt him in that manner or that sense, because his life was so fragile. Daily life was a struggle for him, and I would never want to hurt him.”
Gary lived with a congenial kidney defect, that’s likely what she’s referring to. But her protestations weren’t too convincing to the polygraph expert.
The second question regarded whether Shannon intentionally withheld care from Gary after his fall… And once again, the results came out inconclusive. Olivo dished:
“That, statistically, raises a little bit of an eyebrow. Then again, you’re the same person sitting there who’s still nervous and who’s still a bit distracted. But here’s the way I look at it, this question having to do with you doing everything that you could possibly do for Gary when he fell, when you called 911, is an issue that you’ve had in your mind for 14 years, and it’s still not resolved in your mind.”
And innerestingly, Shannon admitted she could have done more:
“As far as rendering aid, I could have helped him a little bit more. I will say, the operator could have helped as well a little bit by asking me more specific questions.”
However, Olivo pushed back:
“Forget the 911 operator, you were there. Little bit of tough love now. You’re not the victim here, he’s the victim.”
The third and final question regarded whether Shannon physically caused Gary’s fall. She denied any involvement, but the test discovered worse than inconclusive — there was “deception indicated” in her answer! Holyyyyy! Olivo told her:
“You failed the exam regarding Gary’s fall. There’s two things I know for sure, Shannon. One, you were not completely honest with me yesterday during this polygraph section. And two, the other thing I know that’s 100% certain, is that there is more to this story that hasn’t been told. The body never lies. The body always tells the truth. And your body on that lie detector test spoke loud and clear, there’s something that caused you to fail this test.”
See a clip (below):
That’s wild!
However, Shannon is “at peace” with herself. She told host Tony Harris:
“I know where I’m at. I’m at peace. There is a reason I am not in prison. There is a legit reason for that. It’s because they did a thorough investigation.”
Olivo then cut in to remind her “there’s also a thing called lack of evidence” which could play a role:
“You say you have nothing to hide. I say you know exactly why you failed this test. Sadly, my professional opinion is the truth is not on your side today.”
Oof!
Shannon responded, “And I figured it wouldn’t be,” to which Olivo said, “Because you already knew you were gonna fail, and you know why you did.” Damn! This is nuts!
Lie Detector: Truth or Deception airs this Thursday. Will YOU be tuning in?
[Images via A&E/YouTube & WENN]
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