Film producers want to make movie on rapist Nicholas Rossi

Hollywood producers are reportedly in early discussions, with interest so strong that his stepfather, Dave Rossi, has already been approached to help.

Nicholas Rossi, 38, is currently serving two long sentences in the US after being found guilty of raping two women in Utah.

But his journey that eventually led him back to America goes straight through Scotland, where he spent months asserting he was a victim of mistaken identity.

Rossi had fled the US years earlier, adopting multiple false identities in several countries.

After living under assumed names in England, including a stint in Bristol, he moved to Scotland and settled in Glasgow with his wife, Miranda, under the alias Arthur Knight.

He insisted he was an Irish-born orphan who had never been to America.

However, this masquerade ended in December 2021 when he was admitted to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital during the pandemic.

Staff identified him from an Interpol notice, based on recognisable tattoos and facial features, instigating one of Scotland’s most unusual extradition cases.

Despite his dramatic denials, including claiming to be wheelchair-bound and needing an oxygen mask, a sheriff in 2022 confirmed his true identity as Nicholas Rossi.

After a series of appeals and challenges to the decision, he was extradited back to the US in early 2024.

Dave Rossi, his stepfather, revealed this tale has captured the imaginations of filmmakers.

He told the Scottish Sun on Sunday: "I get a lot of calls.

"I was asked that if they did a movie, would I be technical advisor.

"They said they’d give me a lot of money to do it, all kinds of stuff.

"There’s plenty of stuff there to make a movie.

"I get so many calls about that idiot.

"I’ll tell them whatever they want to know.

"I’d do it, if they paid me for it. But nothing has come of it so far."

He said his stepson has remained unchanged from childhood, adding: "He will never change.

"He won’t. He hasn’t changed all these years, has he?

"He was a devil as a kid, and a devil as an adult.

"I don’t care about him any more."

According to relatives, Rossi "deserves" to be behind bars for a long time for the harm he caused.

During his time on the run, investigators believe he adopted at least a dozen aliases, including Arthur Brown, a name he used while residing in Bristol before travelling to Scotland and marrying Miranda.

In two separate trials this year, he was found guilty of raping two women in Utah in 2008.

At sentencing, Judge Derek Pullan said he posed an ongoing risk to others.

The judge also mentioned letters from nine additional women claiming further sexual assaults.

Rossi is required to serve at least seven years before parole eligibility and has expressed his intention to appeal.

His second sentencing hearing concerning these offences is scheduled for November 4.