Robert Wagner killed Natalie Wood: Sister reveals

For over forty years, the tragic drowning of actress Natalie Wood has puzzled Hollywood.

Today, her sister Lana Wood steps forward with a bold accusation: she believes Natalie’s husband, Robert Wagner, is responsible for her sister’s death.

In an exclusive interview with The Post, Lana, now 75, didn’t mince words.

“I don’t think it was planned,” she stated, “but I do think he did it.

Of course he did!” This public assertion coincides with the release of her new book, Little Sister: My Investigation into the Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood, which blends a personal memoir with a true-crime investigation, unveiling new evidence that aims to clarify the unsettling circumstances of Natalie’s demise.

Lana’s book also touches on disturbing allegations from the sisters’ shared past.

She claims that iconic actor Kirk Douglas sexually assaulted Natalie when she was just 16.

This assertion has long circulated as one of Hollywood’s most unspoken rumors.

Lana recounts how their mother, Maria, dropped the teenage Natalie off at the Chateau Marmont for what was portrayed as a meeting with the influential actor.

Upon returning, Natalie was visibly shaken.

“I knocked on the door Mom told me to go to, and next thing I knew, Kirk Douglas was ushering me into his suite,” Natalie confided in Lana.

Overwhelmed by emotion, she whispered, “He hurt me, Lana … It was like an out-of-body experience.”

This traumatic event, according to Lana, heavily impacted Natalie’s outlook on life and her relationships with men eventually leading her to become more guarded and distrustful.

Lana recalls the heart-wrenching morning of November 29, 1981, when a phone call jolted her awake.

She found her mother in distress, and received the devastating news that Natalie’s body had been discovered near Catalina Island.

Just hours earlier, Natalie had been with Wagner and actor Christopher Walken on their yacht.

The circumstances surrounding her disappearance were murky, leading to speculation and suspicion.

As news reports surfaced, various statements were made by Wagner and others about Natalie’s supposed late-night escapades.

Lana felt these accounts were disingenuous.

“They might as well have been saying she was trying to fly to another planet,” she remarked, dismissing the idea that Natalie would have willingly taken a dinghy out in her nightclothes to party-hop.

In the wake of Natalie’s death, the rift between Lana and Wagner grew.

After months of trying to reach out, Wagner instructed Lana to contact him solely through his attorney, raising further suspicions.

A decade later, a pivotal call from Dennis Davern, the yacht’s captain, revealed he had withheld key information during the initial investigation.

As the LAPD reopened the investigation, new findings emerged, including fresh bruises on Natalie’s body and the unsettling detail that Wagner had become a “person of interest.” The case, initially labeled an accidental drowning, was reclassified as suspicious, stirring public interest and questions about the events that led to that fateful night.

In her book, Lana conveys a fierce sense of duty to honor her sister’s memory.

“Nobody was looking out for Natalie anymore.

I felt like I needed to stand up for her,” she stated, reflecting on the necessity of uncovering the truth.

She insists that her motives aren’t rooted in vengeance against Wagner but rather in a quest for justice.

Looking back, Lana shares her memories of a childhood steeped in the glitzy world of Hollywood as Natalie achieved stardom.

Yet, even amid the shine, their relationship was complex, especially with Wagner entering the picture, first marrying Natalie when she was just 18.

Lana felt robbed of her sister’s attention and love as she was swept into Wagner’s world.

Their tumultuous relationship played out publicly and privately, marked by a divorce, reconciliations, and continued complications.

Something about their second marriage troubled Lana, who felt unease regarding Wagner’s past, which included rumors of infidelity.

Despite expressing her concerns, Natalie seemed determined to make their relationship work, justifying the chaos as a lesser evil.

In the years since, Lana has endured the shadow of that tragic night and the consequent fallout.

She asserts that her life has been an uphill battle, particularly as Wagner allegedly used his influence to blacklist her in the entertainment industry.

Rather than succumbing to despair, Lana channeled her energies into understanding what happened to her sister.

Now with the publication of her book and new attention on Natalie’s story, Lana is unwavering in her resolve to keep Natalie’s legacy alive.

Despite the challenges, she seeks to shed light on the truth behind Natalie’s death, believing it is just as vital today as it was over forty years ago.

As the investigation remains open, and with the complexities of human relationships tangled in the narrative, one thing is certain: the echoes of Natalie Wood’s life resonate still, compelling her sister to fight for clarity and closure.