Overview
- He was sentenced in Salt Lake City for one of two 2008 rapes, with a separate sentencing set for November 4 in the Utah County case.
- Rossi was identified in 2018 when DNA from a long-untested rape kit matched his profile during Utah’s effort to clear its backlog.
- Prosecutors and the judge described him as a serial abuser and extreme flight risk after he allegedly staged a 2020 obituary and used aliases, including the name Arthur Knight.
- He was arrested in a Glasgow hospital in 2021 when staff recognized his tattoos from an Interpol notice and was extradited to Utah in January 2024 after a prolonged legal fight.
- Rossi maintained his innocence at sentencing and said he will appeal as victims delivered impact statements about lasting trauma, with a restitution hearing scheduled for January 8.