Comments on: William Shatner’s late wife’s family says he cared more about his hair than her life

By: Charlie

Charlie — Thu, 20 May 2010 15:22:55 +0000

It was all very convenient for William Shatner for his wife Nerine to be out of the way. He is definitely an alcoholic, but she was off the scale of alcoholism. It is a lot easier to kill a drunk person than a sober one. He lives in a big mansion. He knows the routine of the housekeeper. His interview is telling. He starts talking about OJ right away. That is suspicious. A guilt-ridden person most often uses another story or another person to deflect the blame and take the attention of himself/herself.

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By: amy

amy — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:47:14 +0000

If she needed 24 hour care then where was the family to help? The brother wants to sit and place blame but why wasn’t he there to help his beloved sister to! In my experience when a family member is in need of help the whole family is there so why was it just put on the husband? Honestly it makes you wonder why they weren’t there to help as well!

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By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:44:36 +0000

The ex brother in law is just trying to get money by doing this publicity stunt. Why wait 10 years? It’s all alleged and just rumour and opinion. And it’s cruel to say things like what this money hungry ex brother and law is apparently saying. Losing a loved one is not a wonderful experience.

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By: Ling

Ling — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:16:40 +0000

CeeJay: Perhaps you need another refresher course. The ratio of compressions to breaths has gone up (15:2 to 30:2), but breaths are still necessary. The whole point of CPR is to circulate oxygenated blood to the brain, and without the breaths the blood is unoxygenated and therefore useless, leaving the brain to sputter and die.

I feel like, had the AA counsellor been absolutely critically serious, Shatner wouldn’t have left her alone, or at the very least he would have hired a professional lush-sitter when necessary (and signed on for some arbitrary commercial to pay for it). But, who am I to say, i’m just a nobody.

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By: Teresa

Teresa — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:53:04 +0000

William Shatner did exactly what should be done in an emergency situation. You call for help first, then get the person out of the deep end, into the shallow end and start resuscitation. Once you start resuscitation, you are not suppose to stop until paramedics take over. Where he is located, his neighbors probably would not hear him scream for help, so if he didn’t call for help first, then help would have never came.

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By: Cindy Kennedy

Cindy Kennedy — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:52:27 +0000

I agree. Shatner was not obligated to hire a babysitter to look after his wife 24/7. She was a grown woman. And it wasn’t his fault she was an alcoholic.

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By: G.

G. — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:22:29 +0000

I feel bad for the poor guy, not only is his wife dead, his bil is blaming him for it. Where was he when she was drinking herself to death. Not there, apparently. I know the brother’s upset, but he shouldn’t be blaming William for it.

Also, people should learn CPR. I’ve been able to do it since I was 10. It’s not rocket science.

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By: Zoe

Zoe — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:08:33 +0000

He called a boy I knew who was dying of cancer and was a fan. They chatted on the phone for ages. He does TONS of charitable work, most of which is not reported (at his request). That 911 call was heartbreaking. I just remember his panicked voice and him sobbing “my poor wife, my poor wife.” Lay off.

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By: Judy

Judy — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:53:06 +0000

You learn in ALANON that you do not let the alcoholic run your life.
You cannot babysit them to make sure they do not drink. You do not keeo yourself locked up with them because they may take a drink while you are gone. If they are a hopeless alcoholic like she apparently was then you get out of the marriage as Shatner should have done and didn’t. His BIL is busy making money on his dead sister.
We have no idea why he did not jump in the pool and not try to pull her out, he may have just panicked and ran for the phone but he did get her out of the pool. Either way she was already dead and had been dead for a while.
If there was something mysterious about her death old Shatner would have been grilled about it.
Anyway he left her with someone and she was not alone.

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By: KitKat

KitKat — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:25:35 +0000

Uh, has anyone read this story on the web? It seems he did pull her out of the pool. From the BBC:

The actor recovered her body from the water, but his attempts to resuscitate the 40-year-old failed.

Not only that, she had a 0.28 blood alcohol level AND Valium in her system, as well as a broken neck.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/473688.stm

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