Utah jury reaches verdict in Nicholas Rossi’s latest rape case after trial details lapses during 17-year wait for justice

In his second Utah rape trial, a jury found Rossi guilty of sexually assaulting an ex-girlfriend in Orem in 2008.

(Pool) Nicholas Rossi, seen here at his August 2025 trial in Salt Lake County, was found guilty for the second time on Sept. 24, 2025, of raping a woman in Utah in 2008. A jury handed down the guilty verdict in 4th District Court in Provo. Rossi made international headlines when he fled to Scotland and allegedly faked his death in 2020.

Utah jury reaches verdict in Nicholas Rossi’s latest rape case after trial details lapses during 17-year wait for justice

In his second Utah rape trial, a jury found Rossi guilty of sexually assaulting an ex-girlfriend in Orem in 2008.

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