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Nicholas Rossi, the rape suspect who faked his own death, has finally been booked into a Utah jail following his extradition from Scotland after a long-running legal battle.

Rossi, whose legal name is Nicholas Alahverdian, is charged with sexually assaulting a 21-year-old woman in Orem, Utah, in 2008, according to local prosecutors. 

He was not identified as a suspect until about a decade later, due to a backlog of DNA test kits at the Utah State Crime Lab. 

The 36-year-old, who has used at least 10 aliases in his run from the law, was booked Friday afternoon into the Davis County Jail, which houses many federal detainees in northern Utah. 

Rossi rose to fame for his claims he was not the suspect. He also made headlines for a TV interview claiming he wasn't Rossi and was a man named Arthur Knight as he gestured wildly and fogged up his glasses.  

Nicholas Rossi, the rape suspect who faked his own death , has finally been booked into a Utah jail following his extradition from Scotland News Today after a long-running legal battle

Rossi will likely be transferred to Utah County in the coming days, where he will stand trial for felony rape charges, according to the Utah County Attorney's Office. 

Rossi faces another felony rape charge in Salt Lake County, where prosecutors say he sexually assaulted a 26-year-old former girlfriend after an argument, also in 2008. 

He faces multiple other complaints against him in Rhode Island and Ohio for alleged domestic violence, sexual abuse and fraud. 

His initial court date had not been set as of Monday and records did not yet indicate who will represent him in court. 

Scottish ministers signed an order in September giving permission for Rossi to be extradited.

Last month, appeal judges had quashed Rossi's bid to avoid extradition, paving the way for him to be removed from Scotland to face serious sex charges in the US.

A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: 'We assisted partner agencies with the extradition of a 36-year-old man.' 

Rape suspect Nicholas Rossi (pictured at court in July) has been extradited from Scotland to the US after a long-running legal battle

Rossi (pictured in July last year) has claimed this is a case of false identity and said he is an Irish orphan named Arthur Knight

Police believe Rossi staged his own death in 2020 to escape sex and fraud charges

Rossi has repeatedly claimed he is the victim of mistaken identity and says he is an Irish orphan. 

The suspect claimed he had been diagnosed with stage 4 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in late 2019 and told friends he was dying.