FOX-5 news anchor Rosanna Scotto’s son is expected to take the stand against his ex-pal James Rackover, accused of the grisly murder of a young Connecticut man.
Rackover allegedly made a damning admission to Louis Ruggiero Jr., 24, after killing Joseph Comunale, sources said.
It’s unclear when Ruggiero will testify.
Prosecutors Thursday showed jurors several photographs pulled off Rackover’s phone of the two pals hanging out and identified Ruggiero by name. In one image, the two men pose shirtless.
His name was also shown as a contact in Rackover’s cellphone.
Ruggiero had his own brush with the law when he swiped a Chanel purse from a club in 2015.
He snatched the pocketbook from under a bench at Marquee on 10th Avenue and was arrested when he walked outside. Cops also found cocaine and a fake ID on him, according to court papers.
Rackover, 27, and his pal Larry Dilione, who will be tried separately, allegedly beat and stabbed Comunale to death inside a tony apartment on East 59th Street.
The men stuffed the body in the trunk of Rackover’s Mercedes, drove it to Oceanport, NJ, and dumped it in a shallow grave behind a florist shop.
The posh apartment and Mercedes were allegedly paid for by his alleged lover, celebrity jeweler Jeffrey Rackover.
The murder trial continues Monday in Manhattan Supreme Court.