Ryan Murphy Posts Response after Twitter Slam by Father of Late 'Glee' Star

Prolific - and openly gay - TV creator Ryan Murphy tweeted a response after being dragged on Twitter by the father of Naya Rivera, a star on Murphy's iconic Fox series "Glee" who tragically died last summer, Us Weekly magazine reports.

Addressing a series of March 9 tweets in which George Rivera slammed Ryan, suggesting that he had reneged on a promise to establish a college fund for Naya's young son Josey, Murphy posted a tweet of his own in which he said reiterated the commitment by himself and "Glee" co-creators Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan "to create a college fund for Naya Rivera's child Josey through the Naya Rivera Estate Trust."

"We have been in repeated conversations with the appropriate executors of her estate," Murphy added.

The Twitter posts by George Rivera began with a response to a tweet from a fan that made reference to the vow to establish the fund.

"Everyone needs to know what Ryan Murphy really did ... or didn't do !!!" Rivera's tweet read. "I'm about to blow up this story .... and make sure he's knows that I know ...."

Several more tweets followed, including one that set out a litany of complaints against Murphy: "Broken Promises..... fake outrage .... hollow gestures ..... no phone call."

Naya, 33, died last July while boating with Josey, who was four years old at the time. The boy was found alone on the boat Naya had rented, and reports said the boy recounted his mother helping him get onto the boat before he saw her disappear beneath the surface.

"Her body was eventually recovered, and investigators suggested she was caught in a strong current while swimming," Us Weekly recalled. "They said at the time that she likely 'mustered enough energy to get her son back into the boat, but not enough to save herself.' "

Murphy and "Glee" co-creators Brad Falchuck and Ian Brennan issued a joint statement after Naya's death, praising her work on the show and announcing the creation of a college fund for Josey.