PROVO, Utah (Scripps News Salt Lake City) — Nicholas Rossi was found guilty Wednesday in the 2008 rape of a woman in Orem, the second time in recent months that the ex-fugitive has been convicted by a jury.

In this image made from pool video footage, Nicholas Rossi accused of faking his death and fleeing to Europe to avoid rape charges, appears at a jury trial in Salt Lake City, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (Firecrest Films via AP, Pool)

Rossi was found guilty in August of raping a woman he had met online, also in 2008, before he fled the country in an attempt to avoid prosecution.

In the latest case , which began on Wednesday, Rossi’s ex-girlfriend claimed she ended a relationship with him over his aggressive behavior and failure to pay her the money he had borrowed.

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