# NBA legend Chris Bosh tied to Palisades arsonist case as mysterious alleged clue found at home

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/nba-legend-chris-bosh-tied-to-palisades-arsonist-case-as-mysterious-alleged-clue-found-at-home/
- Published: 2026-11-12T22:21:58+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T23:36:34+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/12/us-news/nba-star-chris-bosh-tied-to-palisades-arson-case-by-new-potential-witness/
- Topics: Basketball, Sport, World

## Key points

- Bosh’s home is cited in the defence case.
- A retired investigator says marks may indicate a firework.
- Prosecutors challenge the evidence and seek to exclude it.

## Summary

Chris Bosh’s home has become part of the defence case in the retrial of Jonathan Rinderknecht, who is accused of starting the Lachman Fire on 1 January 2025. The defence says a retired fire investigator found marks consistent with a launched firework at the property, which could support witness accounts of fireworks nearby and challenge the allegation that Rinderknecht started the fire with a lighter.

The investigator, Michael T. Cole, is expected to describe a mark and a burn and smoke trail on the driveway and patio of Bosh’s $11 million home, which was being rented at the time. Prosecutors are seeking to exclude his testimony, saying it relies on six drone photographs of a stain and lacks an in-person inspection or testing. Investigators say a lighter was found in Rinderknecht’s vehicle; his first trial ended in a mistrial in June, and he remains in federal custody as the retrial proceeds.

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