James “Jimmy” Beaudoin II was born the first time in March 1991 in Fort Lauderdale, the eldest son of a hardscrabble single mother. Then, in his early 20s and hoping to escape the dead end of his past, he was reborn in New York City. In March 2015, not three years after landing in the city with little more than the shirt on his back, Jimmy Beaudoin legally changed his last name to Rackover. For the court petition, he obtained the consent of a wealthy older Manhattanite named Jeffrey Rackover, a diamond dealer dubbed “jeweler to the stars” who had become a surrogate father to him. While it...…James “Jimmy” Beaudoin II was born the first time in March 1991 in Fort Lauderdale, the eldest son of a hardscrabble single mother. Then, in his early 20s and hoping to escape the dead end of his past, he was reborn in New York City. In March 2015, not three years after landing in the city with little more than the shirt on his back, Jimmy Beaudoin legally changed his last name to Rackover. For the court petition, he obtained the consent of a wealthy older Manhattanite named Jeffrey Rackover, a diamond dealer dubbed “jeweler to the stars” who had become a surrogate father to him. While it...WW…