Fugitive Who Faked His Own Death—and an English Accent—to Face Trial
An American alleged conman who faked his death in 2020 and fled to Britain to evade rape charges, only to insist he was someone else when caught, will finally stand trial in Utah, a judge ruled Thursday.
The saga of 37-year-old Nicholas Rossi, whose real name is Nicholas Alahverdian, has played out over a decade across two continents amid a series of increasingly outlandish claims, a fake obituary, and a laughably poor attempt at an English accent.
Rossi appeared in a Salt Lake City courthouse Thursday, where Judge Barry Lawrence ruled prosecutors put forward enough evidence to merit a jury trial.