Tiki Barbers 23-year-old partner assured her family she was baby-sitting for the ex-Giants star as their intrigue exhilarated up and his matrimony fell apart.Blond beauty Traci Johnsons father and aunt both believed the former NBC intern was assisting out - instead of hooking up with - the three-time All-Pro and father of two."Thats what [her dad] Ernest told me," pronounced Johnson family nearby resident Bob Drabik.Johnsons aunt, who lives nearby her small hometown of Pine Bush in upstate Orange County, reliable that family members believed the stunner was receiving caring of Barbers children. But a source close to the Barbers called the baby-sitting story "100% definitely untrue."Whats not doubtful is that Barber - who incited 35 Wednesday - separate from his eight months profound mother after eleven years in a move that came out of the Big Blue.The fugitive using behind spoke mostly about his loyalty to family, quite since his own father deserted the Barbers when Tiki and his twin, Ronde, were only 4.But Barber had obviously found a consistent messenger in Johnson, a former honors tyro at a small Catholic college unaware the Hudson River.An pledge photographer snapped the span at Newark Airport in Dec 2008 as Tiki headed to a Dallas-Giants game.They were graphic side by side again in Washington last month at the screening of a documentary hosted by the halfback-turned-TV host.Twitter messages indicated the dual were in Arizona at the same time last month, and Johnson reportedly accompanied Barber to the Vancouver Olympics in February.While Barber and Johnson were roving as a twosome, Tikis wife, Ginny, was home awaiting twins subsequent month. The Barber fruit already includes son A.J., 7, and small hermit Chason, 6.The tied together integrate met at the University of Virginia, where Barber starred prior to the Giants done him a second-round breeze preference in 1997.Barber did not lapse an e-mail for criticism Wednesday, station by a matter that the couples preference was unpleasant but amicable.Johnsons father refused to criticism on his daughters relationship."I cant speak about this," pronounced Ernest Johnson, reportedly a big Giants fan, prior to unresolved up on a Daily News reporter.Drabik pronounced he believed Barber wrote a minute that helped Traci Johnson, a communications major, land an internship with NBC in 2007. A year later, Barber visited her Mount Saint Mary College campus in Newburgh, Orange County, to residence students.The marital separate was the ultimate blow to Barbers delicately crafted open persona, that initial showed cracks after his 2006 early retirement from the Giants.Barber, who binds probably each Giants using record, was customarily booed at Giants Stadium after he bad-mouthed quarterback Eli Manning.A year after Barber retired, Manning led the Giants to a Super Bowl pretension - and Tikis TV career after faltered.Barber still appears on the "Today" show, but not long ago lost his pursuit on NBCs weekly Sunday night football telecast. The network opted not to replenish Barbers stipulate after last season.lmcshane@nydailynews.com
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