News broke this past Wednesday that Daveigh Chase, the child actress most known for her work in Disney’s Lilo & Stitch and the 2002 horror movie The Ring, had passed due to medical complications. Before her passing, Chase’s partner Roy Hernandez had set up a GoFundMe, seemingly in support of the actresses’ medical expenses. Hernandez had claimed in the GoFundMe’s description that the donations would aid Chase in her battle against meningitis and blood infections.

Now, it is being reported by John Ryan, Chase’s longtime friend and former manager that “[the] GoFundMe is not going toward ANY expenses for Daveigh.” Ryan continues, adding “Myself her father, her uncle and all of us close friends who knew her for decades are encouraging people not to donate to this page. This man making these claims brought her into the hospital in terrible condition and didn’t let any of the family know until she passed so he can control the dialogue. Daveigh’s actual family is handling all arrangements, we have contacted go fund me to let them know this man started this page on his own under Daveighs name when she was already unresponsive and urging people to report the page and not donate.”

Ryan also stated that Chase’s father, John Schwallier “never signed any paperwork over to this so called boyfriend,” and remains Chase’s next of kin.

Deadline had since reached out to Hernandez regarding a response to Ryan’s claims, to no avail. Hernandez had previously mentioned to TMZ that the claims and intention behind the GoFundMe are legitimate.

“Daveigh’s estate has plenty of means to pay for the cremation,” John Ryan says.

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