Gary Coleman’s ex Shannon Price to take polygraph test amid rumors of her involvement in his 2010 death
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: The former wife of the late actor Gary Coleman has agreed to undergo a lie detector test over a decade after his death.
Shannon Price’s decision came amid years of speculation surrounding her involvement in the 2010 death of the former child star, PEOPLE reported.
The publication has further said that Price will take the polygraph test in the new A&E series titled ‘Lie Detector: Truth or Deception’, hosted by investigative journalist Tony Harry.
Shannon Price ready to take ‘polygraph test to address persistent public suspicion’
The two-hour episode will be televised on July 10. The logline of the show reads, “Coleman’s ex-wife Shannon Price agrees to take a polygraph test to address persistent public suspicion regarding her potential involvement in his death, even though she was never charged in connection with it.”
“The episode revisits the circumstances surrounding Coleman’s passing and explores whether Price has been misjudged by public opinion — or whether the results raise new questions,” it adds.
Coleman was 42 when he died inside the Utah home, where he used to live with Price.
The couple had tied the knot in 2007 but got divorced in 2008. Despite their separation, they were living together.
Shannon Price’s decision to switch off Gary Coleman’s life support has been in question for years
It has been said that in May 2010, ‘The Kid with the Broken Halo’ star fell in his kitchen, resulting in an intracranial hemorrhage.
He was put in a medically-induced coma, but two days later, Price reportedly pulled the plug away, and he was declared dead on May 28.
Since then, many, including Coleman’s ex-partner Anna Gray, have doubted Price’s decision.
Gray even shared in a Peacock documentary that the ‘Diff'rent Strokes’ actor “had an advanced healthcare directive where he stated he wanted at least two weeks of care before any plugs were pulled.”
But the 39-year-old has denied any wrongdoing as she asserted in the February documentary that she “would never hurt my husband, ever.”
Shannon Price claimed her innocence in documentary
During an interview with Inside Edition Chief Correspondent Jim Moret, Price was questioned why she didn’t “try to help Gary after he fell.”
“You know, I did help him. I actually had to run around looking for a towel because we didn't have any in the downstairs bathroom. What people have to understand and realize is this is the first real traumatic situation I ever had to witness,” she replied.
In 2010, even Santaquin Police Chief Dennis Howard had told PEOPLE, “There was absolutely nothing suspicious about [Coleman’s] death. There is no [criminal] investigation going on.”
