Convicted:
2008, 
LDS positions: Unknown position, - LDS mission:
unknown
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Multiple victims,
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Unknown crime scene,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, - Alleged failure to report
- AKA Nicholas Rossi, Nicholas Brown Knight, Nicholas Alahverdian, Rossi, Nicholas Brown, Arthur Brown, Adam Smith, Professor Alistair Jones, Nicholas Alahverdian Rossi, Nicholas Edward Rossi, Nicholas Alahverdian-Rossi, Nick Alan, Nicholas Brown, Arthur Knight
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Alahverdian was a mormon met a woman at mormon singles event and married her. Was married for 4 months when they separated and later divorced on the grounds of extreme cruelty.
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‘Predatory past’ of Nicholas Alahverdian
Date unknown: Accused of abduction and sexual assault attempt in Massachusetts
2008: Convicted of two sexual assaults Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio. In September 2008, he allegedly raped an ex-girlfriend in Orem, Utah – which led to his arrest in December 2021
2009: Allegedly stalks ex-girlfriend in Rhode Island after returning to state and failing to register as a sex offender
2010-11: Four women in Pawtucket, RI, file complaints against him. One was his first wife.
2015: Marries second wife in Ohio, but she complains of abuse and they divorce after seven months.
2017: Accused of fraud after taking out $200,000 in credit card & loans under his foster parent’s name in Ohio. He allegedly rapes a woman in Essex, England, the same year
February 2020: Fakes his own death of lymphoma, with unnamed ‘widow’ claiming Alahverdian had been buried at sea. In July, DNA links him to 2008 sex attack in Orem, Utah
December 2021: Arrested at hospital in Glasgow, Scotland, while intubated with COVID on suspicion of Utah sex attack
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extradited back to Utah from Scotland 2024-01-05 to face charges of rape in 2018. Awaiting trial in Utah jail and possible federal charges.
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