AN ALLEGED sex offender attempted to evade police capture by faking his own death and changing his identity.
Eventually, Scottish authorities nabbed US fugitive Nicholas Rossi in Glasgow while he was using the alias Arthur Knight.
Where is Nicholas Rossi now?
Nicholas Rossi was extradited from Scotland to the United States in January 2024 after a lengthy legal battle.
Scottish police first detained Rossi in Scotland on December 13, 2021.
He is at the center of several fraud and sexual assault investigations in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Ohio, and Utah.
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However, an order for extradition was signed on September 28, 2023.
At the time, he was using the false identity of Arthur Knight.
What did Nicholas Rossi do?
Since 2008, Rossi has been at the center of multiple sexual assault investigations.
By late 2019, the FBI was also investigating him because of various fraud accusations.
During the probe, Rossi's lawyer, Jeffrey B. Pine informed law enforcement he moved to Ireland.
However, Rossi's fellow Rhode Island residents claimed they were told he moved to Quebec, Germany, and Switzerland.
Previously, Rossi also went by the names:
- Nicholas Alahverdian
- Nicholas Edward
- Nicholas Brown
- Arthur Brown
- Nicholas Alahverdian-Rossi
On February 29, 2020, a woman falsely portraying herself as Rossi's widow claimed he died of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
The unidentified false widow also lied and said Rossi was cremated and scattered at sea.
In July 2020, local authorities started questioning the validity of Rossi's death after numerous individuals filed complaints and insisted he was still alive.
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It turns out, the allegations were true as he was found alive and well in Glasgow in December of the following year.
Rossi's case is retold in an episode of Dateline NBC titled Dead Man Talking.
The broadcast features show anchor Andrea Canning as she collects testimonies from those who were close to the investigation.
The program also features Canning's exclusive interview with Rossi.
Audiences that miss the initial broadcast can check out Rossi's episode via Hulu or Peacock.
Is Nicholas Rossi married?
Nicholas' first marriage ended in less than a year. His first wife had an active protection order against him.
The Providence Journal reported that police sought an arrest warrant against Nicholas for violating his ex-wife's protection order.
Nicholas remarried in 2015 and his second wife filed for divorce seven months later.
The court ruled that he violated his second wife's temporary restraining orders too, by seizing "all of the marital household goods and furnishings from the marital residence".
His third marriage was in 2020 to Miranda Knight, a woman he met in Bristol, England in 2019.
Miranda's brother told The Providence Journal that Nicholas never spoke about his family and told Miranda he was from Dublin, Ireland.
He also told Miranda that he was working in online marketing and public relations. In 2021, the couple moved to Glasgow, Scotland.
Miranda's brother "She’s just another victim of this 'just absolutely crazy' charade, he said. "The whole world doesn’t believe it."
Miranda's public relations firm, Knight's Corp Limited, is set to be struck off according to the Herald Scotland.
A confirmation statement for Knight Corp Limited was never filed and the firm received a Gazette notice.
In the UK, a Gazette warning is a public warning that the firm could soon be struck off.
Reports from The Herald suggested the company was established to try and raise money to fight the bid to extradite her husband.
