New York baseball legend David Cone is striking back against allegations his longtime love Taja Abitbol intentionally started a fire in their Upper West Side apartment to land a role on “Real…
Abitbol has since filed a defamation suit against the neighbor.After Abitbol and son Sammy set off for school, Cone, 59, said, “black smoke was coming through the vents. I ran through the apartment, found there was a small fire in the dining room, And the sprinklers kicked on.
Abitbol, who is also suing the building for what she believes are defective sprinklers, returned from her school run to find the building elevators shutdown, the FDNY on hand, and a soaked Cone.Abitbol She’s since passed a polygraph exam confirming she didn’t intentionally cause the fire, according to her Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit against Rice, which seeks unspecified damages.
Adding to the aggravation, Abitbol said, were reports at the time saying she and Cone had split — claims she attributed to miscommunication.