David Cone’s partner Taja Abitbol accused of starting apartment fire in bid to land spot on ‘RHONY’

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had posted on the day of the blaze that, “We’re talking to Taja Abitbol. She’s obsessed with astrology and recently didn’t think what her astrologists said would come true but it did.”In her appearance on the show, Abitbol then explained how her astrologers told her she would move out of the apartment she has just moved into — a prediction that came true when she was forced to relocate to a hotel in the aftermath of the blaze, the suit states.“Yesterday morning, I basically set the house on fire during Mercury retrograde and I had to move.

I came here from my hotel room,” the filing says Abitbol told Hall.She also explained on the show that she had her “candles burning during Mercury retrograde.”Abitbol posted a photo of herself at the studio on Instagram with the caption, “What sign are you?

I’m a double Aries with Leo Rising all fire … Tune in to @Tamronhallshow on ABC.”The suit claims her post, which included ten fire emojis, “was an explicit reference to the fire in Unit 14B that damaged Unit 12G.”Rice accused Abitbol and Cone of “deliberately, knowingly, intentionally and/or recklessly,” having “caused the fire … in order for Abitbol to have a story to discuss on the Tamron Hall Show and/or to advance Abitbol’s candidacy as a castmate for the Real Housewives of New York [City] television show, among other things.”Abitbol, 50, tried to get onto “RHONY” at least four times, the suit claims, citing Page Six.Rice — who is suing for at least $320,000 in damages — says he couldn’t move back into the unit at the West End Avenue address until this year.The damage from the blaze forced him to carry out a “gut renovation” of the home, the court papers claim.