James Rackover Gives Jailhouse Interview to Deny Murdering Joseph Comunale

NEW YORK CITY, NY— James Rackover — the 25-year-old surrogate son of Oprah and Donald Trump's go-to jeweler and a suspect in the murder of 25-year-old Joseph Comunale — denied any role in the death of Joseph "Joey" Comunale, a Connecticut man dug from a shallow New Jersey grave.

"This is complete bull----," Rackover told Daily News reporter Anthony Izaguirre in a jailhouse interview published Monday. "I've never seen this kid (Comunale). I don't even know who he is."

Rackover told the Daily News that he simply went to bed after a party held at his Upper East Side pad — the same party where Comunale was last seen alive. Despite law enforcement claims that bloody evidence was found in Rackover's apartment and car, he denied all wrongdoing.

Rackover and an alleged accomplice, 28-year-old Lawrence Dilione, were charged with concealment of a human corpse, hindering prosecution and tampering with physical evidence, according to a criminal complaint from the Manhattan DA's office.

Read the full jailhouse interview with Daily News reporter Anthony Izaguirre here.

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