Nicholas Rossi - the American who fought extradition from Scotland, claiming to be the victim of mistaken identity - has admitted for the first time that he and the alias Arthur Knight are the same person. Giving evidence at a bail hearing in one of two separate rape cases he faces in Utah, Rossi denied fleeing to the UK in 2017 to escape arrest.

Nicholas Alahverdian, the man accused of faking his own death and moving to the United Kingdom to avoid rape charges, admitted for the first time in court Wednesday that he changed his name upon leaving the country.

Rape suspect Nicholas Rossi - who fought extradition from Scotland to America after claiming to be the victim of mistaken identity - has admitted for the first time in court that he and alias Arthur Knight are the same person.