Woman tells court she was ‘forced to have sex' with rape accused fugitive Nicholas Rossi
TRIAL DENIAL Woman tells court she was 'forced to have sex' with rape accused fugitive Nicholas Rossi
A WOMAN has told a US court she was 'forced to have sex' with fugitive Nicholas Rossi before he fled to Scotland after faking his own death.
The claims emerged at the start of Rossi's rape trial in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he denies raping the woman in 2008.
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Rape accused Nicholas Rossi gives the victory sign after a court in in Scotland.
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Nicholas Rossi waves to the camera and flashes a grin outside an Edinburgh court.
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The court showdown comes after Rossi - who claimed to be an Irish orphan called Arthur Knight - was extradited from the UK in January last year.
The witness - who can't be named - told Salt Lake County she started a relationship with Rossi, 38, while she was recovering from a traumatic brain injury.
But things turned sour and she said he started 'becoming controlling and saying mean things to me'.
She went on to describe an incident where he pounded on her car and used his body to block her from pulling out of a garage.
They went inside the house where she told of being pushed onto a bed, held down and 'forced me to have sex with him'.
The woman also told the court how she initially met Ross through the dating website Craigslist, and they quickly planned to marry.
She said she paid for their dates and even covered the cost of Rossi's rent.
Rossi's legal team are arguing she was motivated by resentment over their failed relationship.
Lawyers for Rossi, who appeared in the Utah court under his real name Nicholas Alahverdian, earlier said the case had pieces missing like 'a puzzle from a thrift shop.'
Prosecutors accuse Rossi of sex attacks on two women in Orem, Utah.
Rossi appeared in court in a dark suit, sitting in a wheelchair and had an oxygen tube in his nostril.
How UK cops caught US fugitive Nicholas Rossi after he dodged capture by erasing tattoos, faking death & using false IDs
We told how Rossi quit the US in 2017, sparking an international manhunt.
He was rumbled in a Covid ward at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in 2021 and identified via tattoos.
He was finally returned to the US last year following a lengthy legal battle when he appeared at Scots courts in a pin-striped suit and oxygen mask.
Rossi denies rape. The trial continues.
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