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Nicholas Rossi found guilty of rape charge
Nicholas Rossi, an American man who faked his death and fled to the UK to escape rape charges, has been found guilty of one of them at a court in Utah.
The 38-year-old was accused of sexually assaulting two women in the state in 2008 - one in Salt Lake County, the other in Utah County. He denied the charges.
Prosecutors are trying the cases separately. Read more: My experience interviewing Nicholas Rossi The Salt Lake County court heard from his accuser and her parents during the three-day trial.
Rossi declined to testify on his own behalf. His accuser said Rossi held her down and "forced me to have sex with him".
The court heard that she began a relationship with Rossi while recovering from a traumatic brain injury in 2008. The woman, who can't be named for legal reasons, said she responded to a personal ad Rossi had placed on Craigslist and the pair were engaged within about two weeks.
But the relationship soured and Rossi became "controlling and saying mean things to me.
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