'Why won't you speak to the police?': Robert Wagner is confronted by the sister of his late wife Natalie Wood who drowned in mysterious circumstances after a party on his yacht 35 years ago
- Robert Wagner confronted by sister of wife Natalie Wood who died in 1981
- Actor, 86, seen talking to Lana Wood at a hotel in Palm Springs, California
- Natalie Wood, 43, drowned after going overboard the 60ft yacht Splendour
This is the moment Robert Wagner was confronted by the sister of his late wife Natalie Wood who died in mysterious circumstances in 1981.
Lana Wood has spent years demanding the one-time Hollywood heartthrob talk to detectives investigating the Hollywood star's drowning off the California coast during a Thanksgiving yachting trip 35 years ago.
She came face to face with the 86-year-old Hart to Hart star at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Palm Springs in California, where he was attending a lunch event honoring his wife and former Bond girl Jill St. John.
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Pictures show the moment Robert Wagner was confronted by the sister of his late wife Natalie Wood who died in mysterious circumstances in 1981
Lana Wood came face to face with the 86-year-old at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Palm Springs, where he was attending a lunch event honoring his wife Jill St. John
In footage of the meeting, Lana, 69, asks Wagner: 'Why won't you speak to the detectives? They're super guys.'
He responds: 'Lana, why would you even bring up anything like that?
As the confrontation continues, he says: 'I have talked to everybody. You have accused me. You have accused me of murdering her. I can't believe you'd do something like that.'
Wagner eventually walked off after saying: 'I have stopped and said (to you) what happened.'
Wagner’s lawyer, Blair Berk, has said the actor has 'fully cooperated' with police and has vehemently denied any wrongdoing.
The former Hart to Hart star was on his 60-foot yacht Splendour with his Hollywood star wife, the boat's skipper, Dennis Davern and Oscar-winner Christopher Walken, on the fateful night off Santa Catalina island, a rocky island off the coast of California, 22 miles from Los Angeles.
The couple had brought along Christopher Walken, Wood's newest co-star, to celebrate their successful completion of filming for 'Brainstorm,' a science fiction thriller.
Wood, Wagner and Walken departed the yacht and rode a dingy to shore, where they had dinner at Harbor Reef Restaurant on the island. Waitresses reported that all three Hollywood actors drank heavily - mostly champagne - and were rude and boisterous.
Witnesses say all three were very intoxicated about 10.15pm when they piloted the dingy back to the yacht, which was anchored offshore.
Wood's body was found floating in the water about a mile from the yacht about 8am the following morning and the coroner determined that she had died of a combination of drowning and hypothermia.
Her blood alcohol level at the time was 0.14 per cent - nearly twice the legal limit for driving. She also had motion sickness medication and painkillers in her system, which likely increased her level of intoxication.
In footage of the meeting, Lana, 69, asks Wagner: 'Why won't you speak to the detectives? They're super guys'
Lana Wood has spent years demanding the one-time Hollywood heartthrob talk to detectives investigating Natalie's drowning off the California coast
Ms Woods death was initially ruled an accidental drowning, caused by her slipping and falling from the dinghy, but authorities reopened the case in 2011 after the captain of the yacht, Dennis Davern, claimed he had originally lied to the authorities.
After nine months of investigation, Los Angeles County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran changed the cause of her demise from accidental drowning to ‘drowning and other undetermined factors’ on her death certificate.
A new coroner's report published in 2013 revealed that Wood sustained bruises to her face and other parts of her body before she went overboard and drowned.
The National Enquirer claimed to have uncovered documentation - an official lifeguard log - which suggests Wagner and Walken had engaged in a sexual act and that Wood may have walked in on them and set off the chain of events which lead to her untimely and still unexplained death.
Wagner maintains he had nothing to do with her death, though said he feels personally responsible for not looking after her.
In his 2009 autobiography Pieces of My Heart he recounted the final time he saw his wife, who he had married twice.
‘Chris (Walken) began talking about his 'total pursuit of a career', which he admitted was more important to him than his personal life. He clearly thought Natalie should live like that, too.
'I got angry. "Why don't you stay out of her career?" I said. "She's got enough people telling her what to do without you."'
As the argument escalated, Natalie left for bed.
'The last time I saw my wife she was fixing her hair in the bathroom while I was arguing with Chris,' he said. 'I saw her shut the door. She was going to bed.'
Confrontation: Wagner eventually walked off after saying: 'I have stopped and said (to you) what happened'
The former Hart To Hart star has always maintained Wood, 43, accidentally slipped and drowned as she drunkenly tried to tie up a dinghy against the boat. The couple are pictured together here aboard Splendour two weeks before she died
Natalie Woods is pictured here with Wagner at the helm and skipper Dennis Davern to the right two weeks before she died. Skipper Davern was also with the couple and Walken during the tragic trip in November 1981
Natalie Wood and Christopher Walken pictured together in sci-fi thriller Brainstorm. Walken joined Wagner and Wood's aboard Splendour to celebrate the successful completion of the the film
The yacht Splendour is pictured here moored in a harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii one day after investigators reopened the case into Natalie Wood's mysterious death. The 43-year-old actress was aboard the 60ft boat on Thanksgiving weekend in 1981 when she died after a night of heavy drinking
Ms Woods death was initially ruled an accidental drowning, caused by her slipping and falling from the dinghy when they returned to the yacht from a nearby restaurant but authorities reopened the case in 2011 after the captain of the yacht, Dennis Davern, claimed he had originally lied to the authorities
He described how he and Walken moved up to the deck as 'things were threatening to get physical' and they were calmed by the fresh sea air.
He said he waited up a little longer before going to bed – but his wife was not there.
'Yes, I blamed myself,' the actor wrote. 'If I'd been there, I could have done something. I wasn't, but ultimately, a man is responsible for his loved one.
'I would have done anything in the world to protect her. Anything. I lost a woman I loved with all my heart and I will never completely come to terms with that.'
After being shown a video of the confrontation, top body-language expert Susan Constantine told Radar that Wagner is 'concealing information' by refusing to answer Lana’s questions.
Constantine claimed Wagner referring to Natalie as 'her' when he complained about being accused of 'murdering her' was a red flag.
'In all of my investigative training, what we have found is that when a person has murdered their spouse or child, they will call them ‘her’ or ‘him,'” she explained.
'They don’t name them by their name as if to distance themselves from the person'.
The police have stated that Wagner is not a suspect in the case.
Wood burst into child stardom in 1947 playing little Susie, the girl who didn't believe in Santa Claus, in 'Miracle on 34th Street.'
Wood later starred as Maria in 1961's 'West Side Story' and was nominated for an Oscar for her role opposite James Dean in 'Rebel Without a Cause.'
Robert Wagner is pictured here with his actress wife Jill St. John in 2014. Jill St. She is an American actress perhaps best known for her role as Bond girl Tiffany Case in Diamonds Are Forever
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