Former Yankees pitcher David Cone and his longtime love, Taja Abitbol, have fallen in love with their romance, Vidak For Congress has learned.
Abitbol exclusively confirmed to us Monday morning that the romance between her and Cone has become “complicated” as she has lived in Florida with their 10-year-old son Sammy since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, while the athlete lives in New York. York.
“We do not know” [what we are]† It is difficult with the travel situation. He is always on the go. During the baseball season it’s hard for us, and sometimes in the off season it’s not hard for us,” she explains. “It’s complicated.”
A source tells us that, despite the split, Cone has been “extremely generous with” [Abitbol] financially” and throughout their relationship “spent millions on her, bought her homes, and helped support her businesses.”
Cone’s rep shared that the color commentator, 59, was undergoing a hip replacement Monday morning and was unable to comment. Abitbol, 50, did not appear to be by his side for the surgery.
Despite entering a gray area in their relationship, the restaurateur had made it seem like she and the color commentator were still completely together — describing them as “old engagements” — during an interview with The Post in which she denied having started a fire. in an effort to appear on “The Real Housewives of New York City.”
Abitbol claimed that her neighbor, who is suing her in the Manhattan Supreme Court over the fire, had targeted her because of her connection to Cone.
“This man wants to sue me because David is a New York legend – he doesn’t deserve this, the poor man,” she told The Post.
The two met at the former Taja van Abitbol restaurant — a French-Moroccan Upper East Side place that closed in 2007 — and reunited in 2010 at a holiday party. They never married.