Rossi was serving at least 10 years in prison for two sexual assault cases that went to trial in Utah in 2025, following a yearslong global saga to find him and then extradite him from Scotland.

Nicholas Rossi, 38, died in a local hospital on Thursday night in Utah , due to 'complications of an existing medical condition', officials in the state said.

A man who was accused of faking his death and fleeing to Europe to evade rape charges in the U.S. has died