US EditionFugitive Nicholas Rossi guilty of rape after extradition to US
- Nicholas Rossi, a 38-year-old American accused of faking his death to evade prosecution and fleeing to the UK, was convicted in a Utah court in 2025 for a 2008 rape.
- Rossi was linked to a decades-old DNA rape kit in 2018, apprehended in Scotland in 2021, and returned to the United States in early 2024 following the rejection of his last legal challenge.
- During a three-day trial, the victim recounted that in 2008, Rossi pushed her down onto his bed, restrained her, and coerced her into sexual intercourse in Salt Lake County.
- Rossi claimed mistaken identity as Arthur Knight and his lawyers argued the accuser was motivated by resentment over their brief relationship and financial disputes.
- Rossi will be sentenced on October 20, 2025, and faces a separate trial in September for another Utah County rape, both carrying penalties of five years to life imprisonment.
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Nicholas Rossi’s trial ends with a silent defendant, sharp arguments and a guilty verdict
On the witness stand, a Utah woman described to a jury how Nicholas Rossi raped her in his apartment on the night she broke off their engagement during a heated argument in 2008.
Man accused of faking his death found guilty of sexual assault
SALT LAKE CITY — A Rhode Island man accused of faking his death and fleeing the United States to evade rape charges was found guilty late Wednesday of sexually assaulting a former girlfriend in his first of two Utah trials.
US fugitive who faked his own death before fleeing to Britain convicted of rape
A US fugitive who fled to Britain after faking his own death to avoid rape charges has been convicted of sexual assault in America. Nicholas Rossi, also known as Nicholas Alahverdian, told prosecutors he was Arthur Knight, a disabled English gentleman who had been framed for the crimes of sexual assault against two women.Rossi was arrested in 2019 in Glasgow after nurses, who were treating him for COVID-19, recognised his distinctive tattoos fro…
Jury finds Nicholas Rossi guilty of rape
By Ashley Imlay Click here for updates on this story SALT LAKE CITY (KSL) — Jurors late Wednesday found Nicholas Rossi guilty of rape, a first-degree felony, just two days after his trial started in Salt Lake City. Sentencing is set for Oct. 20. Rossi, 38, is scheduled for another trial in September in Utah County where he is accused of raping a 21-year-old woman in Orem. He faces an identical charge in that case, based on alleged actions in…
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