(11 Aug 2025)
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Salt Lake County, Utah – 11 August 2025
1. Mid of District Judge Barry Lawrence in court
2. Nicholas Rossi sitting in court
3. Close of Judge Barry Lawrence talking in court
4. Close of Rossi in court
5. Mid of Judge Barry Lawrence in court
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STORYLINE:
A man accused of faking his death and fleeing the country to avoid rape charges faced an alleged victim in court Monday as a jury trial in Utah began.
The man known in the U.S. as Nicholas Rossi, whose legal name is Nicholas Alahverdian, is accused of sexually assaulting two women in Utah in 2008. Prosecutors are trying the cases separately, with the first set in Salt Lake County.
Rossi, 38, was arrested in Scotland in 2021 — a year after he was reported dead — when he was recognized at a Glasgow hospital while receiving treatment for COVID-19. He lost an extradition appeal after claiming he was an Irish orphan named Arthur Knight who had never set foot on American soil and was being framed.
Prosecutors say they have identified at least a dozen aliases Rossi used over the years to evade capture.
Rossi appeared in court in a wheelchair, wearing a suit and tie and using an oxygen tank. The woman identified him from the witness stand, saying he’s “a little bit heavier, a little bit older” but mostly looks the same.
District Judge Barry Lawrence helped clarify for the jury some of the twists and turns of the case, explaining that different people may refer to Rossi by different names. The defense and prosecution agreed it’s factual that Rossi was in Utah in 2008 and had a relationship with the alleged victim that year.
Rossi will also stand trial in September over another rape charge in Utah County.
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