Nicholas Rossi, who was extradited from Scotland, will now face trial for a 2008 rape charge in Utah County. Plea deal negotiations have failed, leaving trial as the only option.
A Utah man who was extradited from Scotland last year to face a 2008 rape charge in Utah County no longer has the option of accepting a plea deal . A September 2025 trial date was set for Nicholas Rossi in mid-November, but attorneys at that time still said they hoped to resolve the case with a plea deal that would address Rossi's charges in Utah County and a separate case in Salt Lake County. In both cases, he is charged with rape, a first-degree felony.
On Tuesday, Rossi's attorney, Daniel Diaz, told 4th District Judge Derek Pullan that discussions about settling the case without trial did not go anywhere, and deputy Utah County attorney Stephen Jones said prosecutors withdrew their plea offer and do not plan to offer it again. Rossi is accused of raping a 21-year-old woman in Orem in 2008. He was identified as the suspect through a DNA rape kit in 2018 and charged in 2020
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