Shahrzad “Sherry” Naso died from metastatic breast cancer in 2024. She left behind brokenhearted husband Scott Naso, their young daughter Laila, and her parents, Siavash Ghoreishi and Jila Khorsand. Sadly, the grieving husband and parents cannot rely on each other for comfort during this difficult time. Instead of working together to keep Sherry’s memory alive for Laila, they are embroiled in bitter litigation. Naso claims his late wife’s parents, who are medical doctors, aided in Sherry’s death via Munchausen syndrome by proxy and medical wrongdoing. He does not want them to have contact with Laila to protect her from a similar fate.
Naso does not want Ghoreishi and Khorsand to see his daughter.
Naso explained in a lengthy Instagram video that he’s worked in law enforcement for nearly two decades. He claimed Ghoreishi and Khorsand took him to Rhode Island family court two months after his wife’s death, demanding grandparents’ visitation. The father and his in-laws entered a months-long court battle. According to People, Naso broke down in tears on March 2, 2026, as he addressed the court about his now 4-year-old daughter, Laila.
He blames his in-laws for his wife’s death.
According to Naso, Ghoreishi and Khorsand prescribed his wife medication without consulting with her oncology team. The prescriptions reportedly masked signs of her breast cancer and ignored “symptoms that made it very clear that something was very wrong.” His wife had a golf-ball-sized tumor in her brain the day she died.
Naso also made allegations about his in-laws treating Laila without his consent.
According to the father, the day his wife died, he recalled hearing Laila crying. He went to check on her and allegedly found Ghoreishi and Khorsand holding her down and administering medication in her throat. People reported that Ghoreishi said earlier in the trial that he thought Laila had croup and gave her prednisone to treat it. Naso said he never gave permission to his in-laws to give Laila medication.
Ghoreishi and Khorsand deny any wrongdoing.
Naso claims his wife’s parents had control over her and did not allow her to live as a grown adult. Sherry was diagnosed with cancer shortly after the pair began dating, so Naso stepped in and took care of everything for her.
“I just stepped up and said, ‘The only thing [you] need to be focused on is getting better,’” he said, per People.
This case could go on for quite some time.
A Rhode Island court granted Ghoreishi and Khorsand supervised visitation with Laila in October 2024, but that ended in January 2025, per People. Naso does not believe it is in his daughter’s best interest to be with her grandparents. He called them “the reason my daughter doesn’t have a mother anymore.”
Naso’s attorney told People they do not expect the case to wrap up quickly and anticipate an appeal, regardless of who wins.
“This case has the potential to go to … the United States Supreme Court,” the attorney has shared previously with the magazine.
Should grandparents have rights? Sure. But if they really did administer medication, even as doctors, that’s not OK. This will be very interesting to follow.
