{"id":9574,"date":"2025-06-18T23:19:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T23:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/06\/18\/16-pregnant-star-whitney-purvis-claims-sons-death-couldve-been-avoided\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T23:19:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T23:19:58","slug":"16-pregnant-star-whitney-purvis-claims-sons-death-couldve-been-avoided","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/06\/18\/16-pregnant-star-whitney-purvis-claims-sons-death-couldve-been-avoided\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8217;16 &#038; Pregnant&#8217; Star Whitney Purvis Claims Son&#8217;s Death Could&#8217;ve Been Avoided"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">&#8217;16 &amp; Pregnant&#8217; Star Whitney Purvis<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Says Son&#8217;s Death Could&#8217;ve Been Prevented &#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-none h2\">Ex-BF Denies Claim<\/span><br \/>\n                      <\/h2>\n<p>        <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-06-18T15:54:14-07:00\">June 18, 2025 3:54 PM PDT<\/time>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-0694f7c114fe48060afd430455ca12e4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250618_76348f9a570c443eb6278f39971f6b6b\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:c011845a-ee45-4d6e-b9d4-bb884556ef17\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 546'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/76\/4by3\/2025\/06\/18\/76348f9a570c443eb6278f39971f6b6b_md.jpg\" alt=\"whitney-purvis-weston-gosa-jr-weston-gosa-ig-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0694f7c114fe48060afd430455ca12e4--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-25f6eafca3d02cc1bb196583df6bb6ac\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The tragic death of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/whitney-purvis\/\"><strong>Whitney Purvis<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;<strong> <\/strong>son has sparked a bitter war of words between her and her ex-boyfriend, the boy&#8217;s father &#8212; with Whitney now claiming her child\u2019s death could have been avoided entirely &#8230; but her ex is calling BS.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-25f6eafca3d02cc1bb196583df6bb6ac--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2fd7f6d812012d71f368443be073549c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>In a lengthy Facebook post Wednesday, Purvis accused her ex-boyfriend<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/weston-gosa\/\"><strong>Weston Gosa<\/strong><\/a> of neglect and financial irresponsibility, alleging their son, <strong>Weston Jr<\/strong>., lacked proper medical care despite suffering from serious conditions like diabetes, Addison\u2019s disease, and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2fd7f6d812012d71f368443be073549c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a230fd9e16aab36c8f5dee840f6985bf\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250617_8a48caa1eb194071ba47e127d41ed0a9\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:c011845a-ee45-4d6e-b9d4-bb884556ef17\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 546'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/8a\/4by3\/2025\/06\/17\/8a48caa1eb194071ba47e127d41ed0a9_md.jpg\" alt=\"whitney-purvis-weston-gosa-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a230fd9e16aab36c8f5dee840f6985bf--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9518f6d60e1a4ff7ddfe08089c940fb6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>In her Facebook post, Whitney writes, &#8220;Tell me if this makes sense. My son had no medical insurance, but had a life insurance policy. His dad bought five cars in the last six months but couldn\u2019t pay for medical insurance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9518f6d60e1a4ff7ddfe08089c940fb6--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9a5ee7aeddfe99224cde2757f7dfc3e4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>She says a Dexcom glucose monitor &#8212; which could&#8217;ve alerted them to dangerous fluctuations in her son&#8217;s blood sugar &#8212; might have saved his life. We&#8217;re told the 16-year-old died from natural causes.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9a5ee7aeddfe99224cde2757f7dfc3e4--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ca2fd6e5ab8ef11815adb25ff60ed1bb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250603_4bf30fea678746098a2164f233893b7c\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:c011845a-ee45-4d6e-b9d4-bb884556ef17\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 546'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/4b\/4by3\/2025\/06\/03\/4bf30fea678746098a2164f233893b7c_md.jpg\" alt=\"Whitney Purvis and weston\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ca2fd6e5ab8ef11815adb25ff60ed1bb--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0653b6bb63e22e14aa8180f9470ee7c6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Purvis blasted Gosa for organizing a GoFundMe for funeral expenses, claiming he was planning to cremate their son anyway because it was the cheapest option. She said under their custody agreement, Gosa was required to provide medical insurance for their children, and she accused him of failing to uphold that.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0653b6bb63e22e14aa8180f9470ee7c6--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-57c9b924e6c7fdfe11369062e9c0ee48\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-document-block canvas-document-block-permalink canvas-document-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"document-block flex-column\">\n    <a class=\"media-link document-block__link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.tmz.com\/document\/69\/o\/2025\/06\/18\/69c1c8d88b0844109a2c3e11bde70b09.pdf\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:document-asset:document_pdf_20250618_69c1c8d88b0844109a2c3e11bde70b09\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:c011845a-ee45-4d6e-b9d4-bb884556ef17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/p>\n<p>              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 546'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/9e\/4by3\/2025\/06\/18\/9e4fcd6c0777453db3c046aff45d53e8_md.jpg\" alt=\"whitney purvis statement facebook launch\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                <\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-57c9b924e6c7fdfe11369062e9c0ee48--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d1c4258506b6f11218e66a423dfc764d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The reality star didn\u2019t hold back when recounting the days surrounding the funeral, either. She says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/06\/18\/16-and-pregnant-star-whitney-purvis-breaks-silence-missing-sons-funeral\/\"><strong>Gosa knew she was outside the chapel<\/strong><\/a> and claims he told the funeral home staff to have her removed from the property.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d1c4258506b6f11218e66a423dfc764d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6734b9a99ff78f0f56b3b4d9711870b0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Whitney ended her post saying all she wanted was alone time to say goodbye, a lock of her son&#8217;s hair, and some of his ashes. She says Gosa has ignored all her messages since the funeral.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6734b9a99ff78f0f56b3b4d9711870b0--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4522bd8619b443aa49bf5c3173afb516\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250603_32ee7b9fad024b5389a1da8fda883b84\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:c011845a-ee45-4d6e-b9d4-bb884556ef17\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 546'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/32\/4by3\/2025\/06\/03\/32ee7b9fad024b5389a1da8fda883b84_md.jpg\" alt=\"Whitney Purvis and weston 3\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4522bd8619b443aa49bf5c3173afb516--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-66d756aea94b27538073247e077ad9c7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Now, Weston Gosa is firing back &#8212; telling TMZ Whitney is &#8220;clueless&#8221; and spreading false narratives &#8230; &#8220;She has no idea what she&#8217;s talking about. The state canceled his insurance because of how much money I was making, so I quit and let my wife work while I stay home and spend time with my family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-66d756aea94b27538073247e077ad9c7--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-02bedaf2a8812294a45d0941b1ff5259\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>According to Gosa, the family had been fighting to reinstate insurance and had paid thousands out of pocket for Weston Jr.&#8217;s doctors, medications, and care. He also defended the glucose monitor claim, saying they had used one in the past but stopped because it was &#8220;sketchy&#8221; and inaccurate.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-02bedaf2a8812294a45d0941b1ff5259--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7191b0ddb74e6b3c15ce6c3e122de55e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250603_eba7874dac294595bac77392b405312c\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:c011845a-ee45-4d6e-b9d4-bb884556ef17\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 546'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/eb\/4by3\/2025\/06\/03\/eba7874dac294595bac77392b405312c_md.jpg\" alt=\"Whitney Purvis post about son 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7191b0ddb74e6b3c15ce6c3e122de55e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-078549ef28c241a24ca99b01374154c6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>As for the life insurance policy, Gosa said it was a long-standing family tradition, saying his mom gets life insurance on all her grandkids at birth. He says that policy has been there for years.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-078549ef28c241a24ca99b01374154c6--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6c342bc6f91e664a5a15629fb41d8ebf\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Gosa insists he didn\u2019t prevent Whitney from saying goodbye &#8212; claiming the funeral home was closed because the service had already started and she was late.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6c342bc6f91e664a5a15629fb41d8ebf--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/06\/18\/whitney-purvis-claims-death-of-son-could-have-been-prevented\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8217;16 &amp; Pregnant&#8217; Star Whitney Purvis Says Son&#8217;s Death Could&#8217;ve Been Prevented &#8230; Ex-BF Denies Claim Published June 18, 2025 3:54 PM PDT The tragic death of Whitney Purvis&#8216; son has sparked a bitter war of words between her and her ex-boyfriend, the boy&#8217;s father &#8212; with Whitney now claiming her child\u2019s death could have [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/06\/18\/16-pregnant-star-whitney-purvis-claims-sons-death-couldve-been-avoided\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[128],"tags":[],"reaction":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-9574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9574"},{"taxonomy":"reaction","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reaction?post=9574"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=9574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}