A New York woman allegedly stabbed her roommate after she criticized her for her drinking while they were staying in their Upper East Side...
A New York woman allegedly stabbed her roommate after she criticized her for her drinking while they were staying in their Upper East Side apartment under the city's coronavirus lockdown orders.
The victim, Tatiana Nazarinova, 31, was left stabbed in the arm, shoulder, hands and face after the alleged assault which took place April 19.
Her roommate, Daria Alyabyeva, 27, who was alleged to have left her roommate to die, was charged with attempted murder and assault by the NYPD when officers found the woman.
Daria Alyabyeva, 27, is accused of allegdly stabbing her roommate after she was confronted about her drinking on April 19. She was charged with attempted murder and assault by cops
Tatiana Nazarinova, 31, was left stabbed in the arm, shoulder, hands and face after she was allegedly attacked by Alyabyeva in their Upper East Side apartment in New York while they were observing coronavirus lockdown orders
Pictured is the Upper East Side apartment (center) where the alleged stabbing took place
Nazarinova recalled during a bedside interview with the Daily News while hospitalized at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center that Alyabyeva had left her to die, showing no remorse.
'I said 'Dasha I'm gonna die, call the police!'' the victim told the News. 'And she said 'No, die b----.''
Nazarinova was able to call for help on her cell phone.
Alyabyeva was charged on Tuesday after cops caught up with her nine days after the alleged attack. She is currently being held at Riker's Island on a $750,000 bond.
Nazarinova said she and Alyabyeva were first roommates in California years ago, but had a falling out over her drinking.
'I promised myself and my parents and my friends that I'm not gonna deal with this person ever again,' Nazarinova said. 'She was acting really really crazy and wild.'
Nazarinova said she and Alyabyeva were first roommates in California years ago, but had a falling out over her drinking. 'I promised myself and my parents and my friends that I'm not gonna deal with this person ever again,' Nazarinova said. She is pictured in a Facebook post
Nazarinova moved to New York about six years ago to start an Airbnb out of her Upper East Side apartment and said that she heard from Alyabyeva again last year.
She had come to Nazarinova asking for help getting established in the city, the victim recalls.
'I thought, if not me, then who?' said Nazarinova. 'We're Russians and we should take care of each other. And honestly, it was a mistake.'
But Alyabyeva's drinking persisted and she would knock back a few during job interviews for waitress and hostess positions, Nazarinova told the News.
She said she then put her foot down about her roommate's drinking once the city's coronavirus lockdown began. 'I told her, 'You can't drink in the house, you can't go to the liquor store. It's a rule,'' Nazarinova said.
Nazarinova (pictured in an image posted on social media) moved to New York about six years ago to start an Airbnb out of her Upper East Side apartment and said that she heard from Alyabyeva again last year
She claims, however, that Alyabyeva ignored her mandate by concealing her drinking.
'She would start drinking in the morning,' Nazarinova said. 'She would go to the kitchen and grab a coffee cup and pretend she was drinking coffee or tea.'
At one point in March, Alyabyeva allegedly got drunk and threatened to stab her, claims Nazarinova, who responded by hiding all the knives in their kitchen. She said she told cops, who instructed her to tell the roommate to go 'walk around the block and sober up.'
Anxieties were running high by April 19.
'I was getting mad,' Nazarinova said. 'Emotionally and physically I can't stand this.'
Alyabyeva rejected her offers of support.
'She was like 'No, f--- it. I just want some whiskey,'' Nazarinova says.
Alyabyeva was willing to compromise and drink only in her room. But upon returning from going outside for a food order, Nazarinova said she found a glass of whiskey in the living room.
Nazarinova (pictured) says she put her foot down about her roommate's drinking once the city's coronavirus lockdown began. 'I told her, 'You can't drink in the house, you can't go to the liquor store. It's a rule.'' But she claims Alyabyeva ignored the mandate
When she put her the booze in the sink, Alyabyeva responded with fury.
'She had super crazy eyes, I can't even explain it,' Nazarinova said. 'I was like, 'What's your problem?'
Then the alleged stabbing came.
'I didn't realize she had a huge meat knife,' Nazarinova said. 'I tried to push her away. It was so fast, and dark in the hallway.'
Discovering she was wounded, Nazarinova said her hip was 'fountaining blood.'
'I was like 'Please stop, please stop,' she added. 'I literally realized I'm probably gonna die because I was losing so much blood. I saw something coming out of my abdomen, I guess it was my intestine.'
When the roommate left the apartment and cops and paramedics arrived, Nazarinova said she felt like she wasn't going to make it. She was encouraged to fight for her life and was rushed to the hospital, where she was treated and is now recovering.
The alleged stabbing has soured the relationship with Alyabyeva, Nazarinova says.
'She was calling me her best friend, like her almost-family,' Nazarinova said of her roommate. 'And this is what she did to me.'
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