Robert Caliendo
Defense attorney for James Rackover
Robert Caliendo (Defense attorney for James Rackover) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Trial of James Rackover, Louis Ruggiero testimony.
In their words
Positions and remarks grouped by topic, each with the exact quote and where it was said.
Trial of James Rackover
Robert Caliendo argues the dent in DeLeon's ring suggested DeLeon struck Joey hard enough to be the killer.
“The ring had a sizable dent in it. And if you conclude that he hit Joseph so hard that he dented it”
48 Hours: What Happened in Apartment 4C? (May 7, 2026) · Listen from 38:04
Louis Ruggiero testimony
Robert Caliendo argues Ruggiero, then struggling with severe drug use, was an unreliable basis for a murder conviction.
“There were a number of reasons to think that Mr. Ruggiero might not be the person you want to hang the hat of a murder conviction on”
48 Hours: What Happened in Apartment 4C? (May 7, 2026) · Listen from 37:39
Appearances
What Happened in Apartment 4C?48 Hours · May 7, 2026 · 42 min
Erin Moriarty reports on the 2016 murder of Joey Comunale in a Sutton Place apartment and the trial of impostor heir James Rackover.
Often appears with
- Erin Moriarty · 1 shared episode
- Murray Weiss · 1 shared episode
- Pat Comunale · 1 shared episode
- Bob Abrams · 1 shared episode
- Max Brancinelli · 1 shared episode
- Elisa Labretto · 1 shared episode
- Steven Naso · 1 shared episode
- Preetam · 1 shared episode