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Man who faked his death and fled to Scotland appears in court for US rape trial
Nicholas Rossi, an American man who faked his death and fled to Scotland to escape a rape charge, has gone on trial.
Rossi posed as "Arthur Knight" while he fought efforts to extradite him back to the US. Now, a Utah court has heard from a woman who says he held her down and "forced me to have sex with him".
Read more: My experience interviewing Nicholas Rossi Rossi, 38, is being tried on the first of two separate cases in which he's accused of raping a woman in Utah in 2008. He denies the charges against him.
A court in Salt Lake County heard from a woman who said she began a relationship with Rossi while she was recovering from a traumatic brain injury in 2008. The woman, who can't be named for legal reasons, said they began dating after she responded to a personal ad Rossi had placed on Craigslist, and they quickly became engaged.
She said her money paid for their dates and to cover Rossi's rent. The relationship soured when Rossi started "becoming controlling and saying mean things to me.
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