Online spat: Victoria Van Thunen, left, and Riggitano, right, exchanged angry words on Facebook
In early January, Riggitano had a two-day Facebook spat with Tinari over her friendship with the jewellery designer’s boyfriend, aspiring race car driver Drew Heissenbuttel.
On Thursday, Tinari told The Post that the 22-year-old was harassing her online via private Facebook messages. She added that Riggitano was not her friend, and she told the woman to leave her alone.
'The only thing I’m ashamed of is what I said about her overdosing on Xanax. I shouldn’t have said that,' Tinari conceded.
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.
The feud between the young women, who according to Tinari didn't know each other before the exchange, started when Riggitano sent her a rambling rant the goal of which was to get Tinari to stay away from Drew Heissenbuttel.
The message cited by The Post read in part: 'since drew cannot take care of the issue at hand, I will. You have been nothing but a bitch to me every time you walked in the door ignoring my existence maybe because you were so concerned with picking up your drugs...
'Everyone who has spoken to me when i came into the picture told me all about you and his friends had nothing good to say except you used Drew for his money.'