Ep. - 1637 - SATURDAY SERIES: SCOTT NASO – A FATHER’S FIGHT FOR JUSTICE AFTER HIS WIFE’S DEATH
Reality Life with Kate Casey
Kate Casey
4.7 • 7.6K Ratings
🗓️ 13 June 2026
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Former Rhode Island police officer Scott Naso shares the story of his late wife Sherry, her battle with breast cancer, their journey to parenthood with daughter Laila, and the devastating discovery he made after Sherry died from a brain tumor in 2024 — when symptoms her own parents (both doctors) had dismissed as medication withdrawal turned out to be something far more serious. Scott opens up about what he witnessed the day Sherry died, and the family court battle that followed with his in-laws over visitation rights.
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| 0:00.0 | The amazing Kate Casey. |
| 0:04.2 | Welcome back for another episode of Reality Life with KKC, and thank you for joining me for this Saturday series episode. |
| 0:11.0 | This one is probably one of the most personal and emotionally complex stories that I've covered. |
| 0:15.9 | It's a story about love, loss, medical betrayal, and a fight that ultimately ended up in family court. |
| 0:23.1 | My guest is Scott Nassau, a former Rhode Island police officer whose life changed the moment |
| 0:28.7 | that he met a woman named Sherry. Sherry had already survived breast cancer once, multiple |
| 0:34.8 | rounds of chemotherapy and radiation, before her cancer went into remission. |
| 0:40.6 | Scott and Sherry married and started a family with the help of a surrogate, welcoming their |
| 0:45.5 | daughter Layla. Sherry had always wanted to be a mother, and for a while, life unfolded |
| 0:50.4 | the way that she had dreamed. Sherry's parents, both doctors, live nearby, and were a |
| 0:55.7 | regular part of the family's life. But in 2023, Sherry started feeling unwell again. |
| 1:02.2 | According to Scott, her parents told her it was Prozac withdrawal, nothing more, and that she didn't |
| 1:07.5 | need to see other doctors that she should wait it out. |
| 1:13.4 | Scott believed them. Sherry believed them. |
| 1:17.9 | Text messages later reviewed in Rhode Island Family Court reportedly show her parents discouraging her from seeking outside care. |
| 1:21.5 | But Scott pushed for a second opinion anyway. |
| 1:25.0 | Sherry saw a neurologist, went to the ER, and the next day was diagnosed with a |
| 1:29.9 | brain tumor roughly the size of a golf ball. She had surgery, came out in a coma, and died 11 days later |
| 1:37.4 | on April 24, 2024. That same day, Scott says that he witnessed something that would change everything. |
| 1:44.2 | His in-laws holding his daughter Layla down on the ground while her grandfather That same day, Scott says that he witnessed something that would change everything. |
| 1:54.3 | His in-laws holding his daughter Layla down on the ground while her grandfather administered an injection of a steroid medication without Scott says his knowledge or consent. |
| 2:02.5 | Her grandfather, Layla's pediatrician, had said in court that he didn't realize he needed the father's consent to treat his own granddaughter. |
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