Sarah Silverman has opened up about her upbringing and has shared a chilling story of how her grandfather allegedly murdered her brother
an emotional revelation that underscores the long-term psychological effects of childhood trauma and mental wellness challenges.
In a candid interview with Rolling Stone, the 54-year-old comedian and Saturday Night Live alum revealed that the story she’d always believed about her infant brother Jeffrey’s tragic passing turned out to be a complete fabrication—a narrative often shaped by grief and unspoken family health crises.
Silverman, who wasn’t yet born when the incident occurred, said she grew up thinking her three-month-old brother had died in a heartbreaking crib accident.
“He suffocated,” she believed, after falling through a gap between the mattress and the crib’s bottom rail. The tragedy occurred five years before her birth, while her mother Beth was away on a cruise she had won on a game show, leaving baby Jeffrey with her in-laws. At the time, no wrongful death lawsuit or product liability claim was filed against the crib company—an absence that would later raise questions in light of legal standards for infant product safety and medical negligence.
