Jane’s Addiction guitarist, Dave Navarro, is outraged with TV host Geraldo Rivera for running a TV episode about the murder of his mother without permission.
The latest episode of Rivera’s true crime series, Murder in the Family, chronicles the death of Dave Navarro’s mother who was killed by her ex-boyfriend in 1981.
“I find it really disappointing that Geraldo Rivera’s new show would ask me to participate in an episode about the tragedies in my life and when I said no, they decided to run it anyway with inaccurate facts and total abandon for the triggering effect a program of this nature could have on the families,” wrote Navarro in a since-deleted Instagram post.
“I understand that true crime is a big moneymaker, in fact I am a fan of programs such as this, but when they chase down the dollar instead of having the feelings of the loved ones in mind, that’s when I have to say something.”
He continued: “I’m personally ok as I have told this story myself in my documentary #MourningSon but this is an opportunity to stand up for the other families that don’t get a choice whether or not they have their stories told to millions without their consent!”
“As for the article that is posted – I did NOT find a body and I did NOT turns to drugs after this event. To say so, would do a great disservice to those who have lost loved ones and not turned to self medicating. I was well in my way to using drugs even before this took place.”
Photo Jay Goldman/Courtesy of UTA
