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Trial Begins in Utah for a Man Accused of Faking His Death to Avoid Rape Charges
Nicholas Rossi allegedly used at least a dozen aliases and faked his death in 2020 to avoid prosecution for rape charges from 2008, prosecutors said.
- A man known in the United States as Nicholas Rossi, whose legal name is Nicholas Alahverdian, is accused of sexually assaulting two women in Utah in 2008 and faking his death to avoid rape charges.
- Rossi, 38, was arrested in Scotland in 2021 after being reported dead a year earlier, when he was recognized at a Glasgow hospital while receiving Covid-19 treatment.
- Prosecutors say they have identified at least a dozen aliases Rossi used over the years to evade capture, and the trial in Salt Lake County is scheduled to run through August 15.
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The NationalMan who faked his death and fled to Scotland appears in court for US rape trial
A MAN accused of faking his death and fleeing the US to avoid rape charges has faced an alleged victim in court as a jury trial in Utah began ...
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Trial begins in Utah for Nicholas Rossi, man accused of faking his death and living under alias in UK to avoid rape charges
Nicholas Rossi -- whose legal name is Nicholas Alahverdian -- is accused of sexually assaulting two women in Utah in 2008. The 38-year-old has pleaded not guilty to the charges as prosecutors claim he used his charm to take advantage of and rape vulnerable young women.
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