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Fugitive 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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Man Who Faked His Death to Avoid Rape Charges Is Guilty
A Rhode Island man accused of faking his death and fleeing the United States to evade rape charges was found guilty Wednesday of sexually assaulting a former girlfriend in his first of two Utah trials, the AP reports. A jury in Salt Lake County found Nicholas Rossi guilty of a...
Man accused of faking his death to avoid rape charges found guilty in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY -- A Rhode Island man accused of faking his death and fleeing the United States to evade rape charges was found guilty Wednesday of sexually assaulting a former girlfriend in his first of two Utah trials.
Man accused of faking his death to avoid rape charges is found guilty of sexual assault
A Rhode Island man accused of faking his death and fleeing the United States to evade rape charges has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a former girlfriend in his first of two Utah trials. A jury in Salt Lake…
Man who claimed he was an Irish orphan after trying to fake his death is found guilty of sexual assault
A Rhode Island man accused of faking his death and fleeing the United States to evade rape charges was found guilty of sexually assaulting a former girlfriend in his first of two Utah trials.
Man accused of faking his death to avoid rape charges found guilty of sexual assault
A man accused of faking his death and fleeing the United States to evade rape charges has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a former girlfriend in his first of two Utah trials.
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