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Gary Coleman's ex-wife defends taking him off life support, admits she 'could have helped him more'
Shannon Price believes she "had no choice" but to take her ex-husband Gary Coleman off life support.In May 2010, the former child star suffered an intracranial hemorrhage from a fall at his Utah home. Two days after he was placed in a medically induced coma, Price instructed the hospital to take Coleman off life support.People magazine reported that the former "Diffrent Strokes" star had a will requesting that he be kept alive for 15 days before terminating treatment.GARY COLEMAN'S EX KNOWS MORE ABOUT HIS DEATH 'THAN SHE'S TELLING': FORMER FBI AGENT"He had gone into cardiac arrest, and that is ultimately what took his life," Price claimed in the upcoming A&E special, "Lie Detector: Truth or Deception," as quoted by People magazine.When host Tony Harris asked Price, 39, if she could have given Coleman, 42, more time, she replied "No.""They called me Thursday morning and said, Does Gary have a DNR [do not resuscitate order]?" she explained, as quoted by the outlet. "And I said, Yeah, resuscitate him. I tried. I tried to do everything in my will.""Thursday I go visit him, speak with the doctors, and they are like, Shannon, we do not think that he is going to make it until Friday," she said. "Meaning his condition is not going to get any better. I made the right decision.""I asked the questions, I saw the condition he was in," she insisted. "I just knew. I mean, he was basically already gone. And I said, Okay, are his eyes dilated? And they said, Yes. And I said, OK, can I see? And they showed me, and thats when I knew."Price and Coleman married in 2007 and divorced the following year. She was still living with Coleman at the time of his fatal fall.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER"It was my decision. He did not want the divorce," she claimed. "I was just still at the house. My stuff was there, everything was there, we were still together Theres two things I regret - divorcing him and not being able to save his life."According to the special, Price presented a document to the hospital that named her the decision maker on Colemans medical directive.Price claimed she found Coleman in a pool of blood after she heard a loud thud in their home. In a recording of her 911 call, Price is heard refusing to listen to the operators instructions to help him, saying that she couldnt cope with the amount of blood present."As far as rendering aid, I could have helped him a little bit more," Price admitted in the special.Price maintained her innocence regarding the incident. She has also never been charged in connection with his death.In 2010, Santaquin Police Chief Dennis Howard toldPeople magazine that "there was absolutely nothing suspicious about [Colemans] death" and there was "no [criminal] investigation going on." According to the outlet, Colemans death certificate also listed his manner of death as an "accident."LIKE WHAT YOURE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSFor the special, Price took a polygraph test administered by retiredFBI special agent and veteran polygraph examiner George Olivo. She was questioned about the details surrounding Colemans fatal fall. The lie detector showed "deception indicated" when directly asked if she physically caused Colemans fall.WATCH: BEWITCHED ACTRESS ERIN MURPHY SAYS SHE'S PART OF SECRET GROUP WITH FORMER CHILD STARSA statement from Price was shared with Fox News Digital. "We were extremely disappointed with the overall experience of both the polygraph testing and dealing with A&E. Many promises were made and not kept. The testing situation was unfair and very uncomfortable, and the testing was performed non-verbally--which I should have refused. From the beginning, it was apparent they cared more about ratings than finding the truth."Olivo was adamant about the results."When I say that she failed the exam, Im not saying that she deliberately, with willful intent, killed him in cold blood Im not saying that at all," Olivo told Fox News Digital. "I dont know what happened in that house. All I know is that she knows why she failed, and theres more to the story than shes telling.""It could be that maybe she was there when he fell," Olivo shared. "Maybe they got into a heated argument, and it turned into a shoving match, and he slipped and fell I dont know what it is. Im not trying to say that I know what happened. I just know that theres more to the story. It could still be an accident, but an accident that she doesnt want to show her involvement in."Olivo has conducted thousandsof polygraph examinations for the FBI. Notably, Olivo administered a lie detector testto Casey Anthonys parents in 2024 for the A&E and Lifetime special, "Casey Anthonys Parents: The Lie Detector Test.""Theres this idea or notion that if someone tells a lie long enough, then they begin to believe it I dont really believe that," Olivo explained. "Ive tested folks that were crimes committed 20, 30 years ago, and theyve been saying the same story.""When someone gets very, very confident they dont believe theyre going to get caught. Theyre so confident now that the lie is accepted. [So], theyre just as confident as if they were telling the truth. But [Price] knows why she failed my test. Im very confident about that.""I dont purport to know what happened in that house," Olivo stressed. "Only she knows. Shes the only one alive now who knows what happened in that house. But I maintain that she knows exactly why she failed my test."In the episode, Price is heard saying, "I know where Im at. Im 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."
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