US national Nicholas Rossi (also known as Nicholas Alahverdian) has been sentenced to at least five years in prison after fleeing the United States to Scotland to avoid rape charges.

 

 

 

Rossi, aged 38, was convicted in August of raping one woman in 2008 and is facing another sentencing hearing in November for a separate conviction. 

 

Authorities first identified Rossi when DNA evidence from a decade-old rape kit in Utah was matched to him. He then disappeared, reportedly staging his own death in 2020 by using an online obituary that claimed he died of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He was eventually arrested in Scotland while hospitalised with COVID-19 in 2021—the tattoos and tattoos tied to a university he never attended helped with his capture. 

 

During his sentencing, prosecutors described Rossi as a danger to women and to community safety, stating he used sexual violence to assert control.

 

 

One victim, who testified in court, said she began a relationship with Rossi after responding to a personal advert and ended up in debt and coerced; she later reported he raped her when she drove him home. 

 

The extradition battle delayed his return to the US: Rossi was only brought back to Utah in January 2024 after a long legal fight during which he claimed to be an Irish orphan named “Arthur Knight” and insisted he was being framed. With one conviction sentenced and another still pending, prosecutors warn the full extent of his sentence may extend substantially beyond the initial minimum term.

 

Key Takeaways:

 

Rossi fled the US, faked his death, and was arrested abroad after DNA from a cold case tied him to rape charges.

 

He’s been sentenced to a minimum of five years, with further sentencing pending in the second case.

 

Prosecutors emphasise the danger Rossi posed and the long, international process of extradition and capture.

 

 

Original source: 

https://news.sky.com/story/nicholas-rossi-us-man-who-fled-to-scotland-to-avoid-rape-charges-jailed-13454162

 

 

I dont think too many people would be angry if a door to general population just happened to be unlocked one night.

 

Let's talk about rape, consent and enthusiasm. Personally, I could never get it up for rape and half-mast for consent. I require enthusiasm.