A Secret Scandal
While tabloids ran amok with the story that Wood had an affair with Beatty, the truth behind the chaos was much more salacious than the public could imagine. Wood’s sister Lana claimed that one day when Natalie came back to the couple’s Beverly Hills home, she found her husband in bed with David Cavnedish, his butler.
She Was Suspicious
Wood’s mother, Maria Gurdin, went on to describe Cavendish as a “much older swishy man with an English accent.” She also said that she was very suspicious of the butler spending time in Wagner’s former two bedroom maisonette, raising her “protective antennae” immediately.