Utah Corporation may be close to resolution of rape suspect Nicholas Rossi

PROVO, Utah (ABC4) — Nicholas Rossi and the State of Utah may be close to a decision on 2008 rape allegations, lawyers reveal.

The case was heard in a Utah County court on Tuesday, October 29, without Rossi present. Lawyer Daniel Diaz, representing Rossi, asked the judge to extend the deadline, saying that a decision may come.

Diaz requested that the case be reconsidered on a different date, saying, “The state and I are close to a possible resolution and we’re trying to investigate this some more.” Judge Derek Pullan granted a continuance order, adjourning a new pre-trial conference hearing until Tuesday, November 19.

“If the matter is not resolved then, I would like to see a trial date scheduled,” Pullan said.

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Nicholas Rossi, whose legal name is Nicholas Alahverdian, was charged in Utah County court with raping a 21-year-old woman in 2008. He also faces similar charges in Salt Lake County involving a 28-year-old victim.

Rossi is accused of faking his death to escape rape charges in Utah, as well as other sexual assault charges in Rhode Island, Ohio and Massachusetts. Four years ago, Rossi allegedly told Rhode Island media that he had late-stage non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and had only a few weeks to live. An online obituary claimed that he died on February 29, 2020, according to the Associated Press.

Rossi was arrested in 2021 while being treated for COVID-19 at a Glasgow hospital for an unrelated incident. It later became known as: a fugitive and extradited to the United States, according to the Associated Press.

Only Rossi recently admitted that he is Nicholas RossiAfter claiming to be Arthur Knight for several years, he insisted prosecutors had the wrong man. Rossi said he was forced to change his name and hide his identity, claiming he was the victim of death threats.

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