MyNameIsClarence Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 Shocked this fella doesn't have a thread of his own already. I first came across it when I saw the below video, taken from a 60 minutes interview, which went semi-viral a few months back (apologies, apparently the Sun are the only ones who have the vid on YouTube): It was only a few weeks later I actually heard about who this guy was, and it is incredibly hard to work out where to start with this story. Nicholas Rossi was wanted on a number of charges, including rape, in Western states of the US. He apparently self published his obituary in a New England newspaper as part of a wider attempt to fake his own death (his purported final act as described in that obit are amazing). Fast forward a few months and a mysterious figure went into a Glasgow hospital with severe COVID symptoms. While trying to figure out the comatose patient's identity, Glaswegian police compared his tattoos to an Interpol database and got a hit on Nicholas Rossi. He has since been detained pending a (now ongoing) extradition trial, in which he claims he is not Rossi but an Irish orphan academic named Arthur Knight. He claims his COVID and media attention have left him dependant upon a wheelchair and oxygen mask, however a prison doctor testified that he had kicked a prison officer high on the body. He claims the tattoos in question were placed on him while comatose. Interesting side issues include his also being potentially wanted for rape in the UK, his attempts to accuse the Scottish prison service of anti Semitism by offering him a ham sandwich, and his involvement in a bizarre case in Utah where a district attorney announced at a news conference that he (the district attorney) was going to be named in a child sex abuse case due to the hostility of the police department and the machinations of Nicholas Rossi, at this time under the pseudonym Nicholas Alahverdian who purported to be a journalist. The DA was later implicated in a different sex abuse scandal. I'd recommend the TrueAnon reporting on this stretching back to the DA's press conference which later bled into an interest in Rossi. STV have also done some very interesting reporting on the chap. Apologies for getting any of the details above wrong, this was all off the top of my head. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 3 minutes ago, MyNameIsClarence said: Shocked this fella doesn't have a thread of his own already. How many are you going to fucking start? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyNameIsClarence Posted July 4, 2023 Author Share Posted July 4, 2023 8 minutes ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said: How many are you going to fucking start? Wrong damn subforum 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 (edited) I started off thinking he was a big chancer but I'm sure he's actually got a mental illness. If he wasn't a total scumbag it would be a bit sad. Edited July 4, 2023 by itzdrk 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SlipperyP Posted July 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2023 4 hours ago, itzdrk said: I started off thinking he was a big chancer but I'm sure he's actually got a mental illness. If he wasn't a total scumbag it would be a bit sad. Seriously, he only registered on the 21st June. How could you work that out in so few posts? 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmouth Strikes Again Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 March the fucker onto a plane, fly him back to the states, and don't waste another penny on this farce. IMO. Thank you. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 Who hasn't gone into hospital and come out covered in tattoos copied exactly from a wanted criminal? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 12 hours ago, itzdrk said: I started off thinking he was a big chancer but I'm sure he's actually got a mental illness. If he wasn't a total scumbag it would be a bit sad. Agreed. Total fantasist and likely a danger to women. He's probably started to believe his own shite too. If he's looking for another alias he could do worse than look in Viz: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKMAN Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 Get the fucker deported. His wife is quite clearly a complete idiot and in need of serious help also. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 1 hour ago, MONKMAN said: Get the fucker deported. His wife is quite clearly a complete idiot and in need of serious help also. I wouldn't like to see her stuck, so I'll do the necessary. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 17 hours ago, MONKMAN said: Get the fucker deported. His wife is quite clearly a complete idiot and in need of serious help also. Listen, the man can't stand up without falling back down in a very camp way. Give him a break! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s_dog Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 There's bizarre stuff, and then there's this guy. Get him shipped back to the US right now, why are they even bothering with court? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandmac Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 12 hours ago, jimbaxters said: Listen, the man can't stand up without falling back down in a very camp way. Give him a break! Pretending to be seriously ill to try and avoid charges is the oldest trick in the book 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverton End Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 Enjoyed the report on the news a little while back, that every time Rossi was wheeled out of his prison cell the inmates would burst into a chorus of John Denver's "leaving on a jet plane.." 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 On 05/07/2023 at 16:43, s_dog said: There's bizarre stuff, and then there's this guy. Get him shipped back to the US right now, why are they even bothering with court? Because even court officials deserve a laugh now and again? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molotov Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 Ta ta…. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-66374767 Rossi: US fugitive who faked his death can be extradited 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt n Vinegar Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 On 05/07/2023 at 21:23, Silverton End said: Enjoyed the report on the news a little while back, that every time Rossi was wheeled out of his prison cell the inmates would burst into a chorus of John Denver's "leaving on a jet plane.." Get the ticket bought! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 He's accused of pretty nasty crimes, hopefully he gets a ridiculously long prison sentence. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTG Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 55 minutes ago, ICTChris said: He's accused of pretty nasty crimes, hopefully he gets a ridiculously long prison sentence. He's going to the States - he'll get 130 years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 8 minutes ago, HTG said: He's going to the States - he'll get 130 years. Excellent. From the sounds of him he is a multiple violent abuser and rapist. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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