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Ashley Anne Riggitano, a New York Fashionsta jumps to her death after Facebook argument
UPI ^ | Feb. 8, 2013

Posted on 02/08/2013 10:19:25 AM PST by nickcarraway

Ashley Anne Riggitano a New York fashionista, jumped to her dead from the George Washington Bridge on her 22nd birthday.

Ashley Anne Riggitano, a New York fashionista, jumped to her death from the George Washington Bridge on Wednesday, after a heated Facebook argument with her best friend.

Riggitano, 22, allegedly was on Aderall and Klonopin when she jumped into the Hudson River at 4:40 p.m. on Jan. 6, which also happened to be her birthday, the Daily Mail reported.

According the several reports, Riggitano had gotten into a Facebook fight with her good friend Alison Tinari, who allegedly wrote her a post that's being considered as a contributing factor in the suicide.

“Go try to kill yourself on Xanax again, you unstable loser. Go xx yourself and never speak to me again.” The fashionista left a handwritten note found in her Louis Vuitton bag on the bridge. In the note, she stated that her "friends" were never there and were only interested in gossip. She also singled out four people she wanted excluded from her funeral.

A source has identified the four as Teresa Castaldo, Beth Bassil, Victoria Van Thunen and Samantha Horneff, Fox News reported.

Van Thunen was Riggitano’s business partner at Missfits, a jewelry-design business.

Reports indicate this wasn't the first time Riggitano attempted to commit suicide. Prescription drugs Adderall, used to treat ADHD, and Klonopin, an anti-panic drug, were also found in her bag.

Designer Alex Woo who employed Riggitano part-time said she appeared happy and was liked by everyone.


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: facebook; suicide
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To: Navy Patriot; nickcarraway

“Oh man, we need to ban guns altogether.”

Too late, NY has already done that. Ban Facebook, ban bridges, ban mind altering drugs...such as AK-Adderall, AR-Klonopin...you know...all the usual high capacity mag drugs...


81 posted on 02/08/2013 12:16:11 PM PST by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders.)
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To: nickcarraway

She was a part time designer who liked expensive clothes and stuff? Is that right? I don’t get all the “fashionista” crap


82 posted on 02/08/2013 12:18:56 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: goldi
Jewelry, clothing, hair, makeup, accessories — all the things that make life worthwhile.

Thank you.
Sounds like a great description of a pathology.

83 posted on 02/08/2013 12:21:20 PM PST by publius911 (Look for the Union Label -- then buy something else)
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To: Hoosier Catholic Momma

In that case, extreme congratulations are in order!


84 posted on 02/08/2013 12:24:55 PM PST by Chad N. Freud (FR is the modern equivalent of the Committees of Correspondence. Let other analogies arise.)
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To: Little Bill; JimRed

Thank you for your service, if I am reading your posts correctly.


85 posted on 02/08/2013 12:29:03 PM PST by Chad N. Freud (FR is the modern equivalent of the Committees of Correspondence. Let other analogies arise.)
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To: melsec

“I pray she finds the peace in death that eluded her in life..... “

-Amen.


86 posted on 02/08/2013 12:32:08 PM PST by Chad N. Freud (FR is the modern equivalent of the Committees of Correspondence. Let other analogies arise.)
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To: melsec

We’re in horror at her leap.

We’re in amusement and horror at her culture.


87 posted on 02/08/2013 12:34:46 PM PST by Chad N. Freud (FR is the modern equivalent of the Committees of Correspondence. Let other analogies arise.)
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To: nickcarraway

Prayers for her family. She was someone’s daughter.


88 posted on 02/08/2013 12:50:26 PM PST by MWestMom (Will Americans stop someone who views our children as "collateral damage" in their quest for power?)
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To: carriage_hill

“THAT’s a handbag?”

An expensive handbag...about $1,000 but you can get a used one for about $700. lol!

I think it looks cheap and ugly as does most of the ‘fashionista’ stuff these days.

I also don’t consider a men’s flannel shirt, a long fur vest, a sequin top and the rest of that garb fashion either but what do I know I’m from ARKANSAS! lol!


89 posted on 02/08/2013 12:56:12 PM PST by kcvl
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To: kcvl
In a message sent between January 8 and 9, Riggitano responded to the suicide comment by writing: 'Thats called a threat, and a suicidal threat the police dont take that lightly since the boy in ridgewood killed because of someones words.'

In her missive, Riggitano went on to say that there are laws agaisnt bullying and Tinari should have 'checked that out' before making her remarks.

Passive-aggressive much?

90 posted on 02/08/2013 1:05:13 PM PST by Oztrich Boy (I think, therefore I am what I yam, and that's all I yam - "Popeye" Descartes)
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To: nickcarraway

UPI uses the word “fashionista” as if it actually means something.


91 posted on 02/08/2013 1:09:57 PM PST by DManA
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To: Navy Patriot
Oh man, we need to ban guns altogether.

LOL!

92 posted on 02/08/2013 1:12:48 PM PST by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: kcvl
I never went after her; she went after me,” a remorseful Tinari told The Post yesterday,

Ah, I think the word the writer wes looking for was defensive, not remoreseful.

93 posted on 02/08/2013 1:13:33 PM PST by DManA
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To: dfwgator

lol

nice!


94 posted on 02/08/2013 1:19:20 PM PST by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: GeronL
She was a part time designer who liked expensive clothes and stuff? Is that right? I don’t get all the “fashionista” crap

Drugs...
Sex...
Fame...

Bright shiny things to fill an empty hole.

Something was missing in her sad, short life and she couldn't find that certain something to fill that black gaping rift in her life....

.....So she jumped into it....

(Shaking head in sorrow)
95 posted on 02/08/2013 1:19:52 PM PST by RedMonqey ("Gun-free zones" equal "Target-rich environment.")
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To: Future Snake Eater; GGpaX4DumpedTea; Chad N. Freud; dfwgator; John 3_19-21; oldbrowser

Thank you all for “getting it”, I have faith restored for another day.


96 posted on 02/08/2013 1:53:43 PM PST by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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To: Hoosier Catholic Momma

There are many advantages to living in flyover country.
I’m sure you are a good example of that.


97 posted on 02/08/2013 2:01:18 PM PST by nascarnation (Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
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To: MWestMom
Prayers for her family. She was someone’s daughter.

Best comment of the thread. God bless you!

98 posted on 02/08/2013 2:04:52 PM PST by nascarnation (Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
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To: MWestMom
Prayers for her family. She was someone’s daughter.

True, but it does make one question what kind of job her parents did.

99 posted on 02/08/2013 2:08:38 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: nickcarraway

The GW is a purty fair leap

Sad

Poor thing...what a waste

Had issues


100 posted on 02/08/2013 2:13:29 PM PST by wardaddy (wanna know how my kin felt during Reconstruction in Mississippi, you fixin to find out firsthand)
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