Nicholas Rossi, an American man who faked his death and fled to Scotland to escape a rape charge, has gone on trial.

Rossi posed as "Arthur Knight" while he fought efforts to extradite him back to the US.

Now, a Utah court has heard from a woman who says he held her down and "forced me to have sex with him".

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Rossi, 38, is being tried on the first of two separate cases in which he's accused of raping a woman in Utah in 2008.

He denies the charges against him.

A court in Salt Lake County heard from a woman who said she began a relationship with Rossi while she was recovering from a traumatic brain injury in 2008.

Image: Nicholas Rossi in court for the first of two separate cases. Pic: AP

The woman, who can't be named for legal r

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