Scottish authorities have signed an extradition warrant for an American fugitive accused of faking his own death to avoid being charged with rape in Utah.
In response to a freedom of information request, the Scottish government said on Thursday that an extradition order had been signed on September 28 for the man local officials refer to as Nicholas Rossi.
The government did not provide any other information.
The suspect has waged a protracted court battle to prevent his return to the United States since he was arrested in December 2021 at a Glasgow hospital, where he was being treated for COVID-19.
Rossi, who insisted he was an Irish orphan named Arthur Knight and had never set foot on American soil, repeatedly appeared in court in a wheelchair, wearing an oxygen mask and speaking with a British accent.
The government signed the order after Judge Norman McFadyen at Edinburgh Sheriff Court ruled on August 2 that the suspect could be extradited, saying he was “as dishonest and deceitful as he was evasive and manipulative.”
In response to a freedom of information request, the Scottish government said on Thursday that an extradition order had been signed on September 28 for the man local officials refer to as Nicholas Rossi. Getty Images The government signed the order after Edinburgh Sheriff Judge Norman McFadyen’s court ruled on August 2 that the suspect could be extradited, saying he was “as dishonest and deceitful as he was evasive and manipulative.” Pawtucket Police Department
The man had said authorities set him up and took his fingerprints while he was in a coma so they could connect him to Rossi.
US authorities said Rossi is one of several aliases the 36-year-old has used and that his legal name is Nicholas Alahverdian.
Alahverdian is accused of sexually assaulting an ex-girlfriend in Orem, Utah, in 2008, according to the Utah County Prosecutor’s Office.
Rossi, who insisted he was an Irish orphan named Arthur Knight and had never set foot on American soil, repeatedly appeared in court in a wheelchair wearing an oxygen mask and speaking with a British accent. U.S. authorities said Rossi is one of several aliases used by a 36-year-old man and that his legal name is Nicholas Alahverdian.AP
The office said it found complaints alleging that Alaverdians abused and threatened women in other states.
He also faces multiple complaints against him in Rhode Island for alleged domestic violence.
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