SALT LAKE CITY — Almost a year after he was extradited to Utah after allegedly fleeing the country and assuming a false identityNicholas Rossi now knows when he will face a jury in one of his rape trials.

On Friday, Rossi’s defense team and prosecutors agreed to begin jury selection for his trial on April 21, with the trial scheduled to begin on April 22. The trial was scheduled for four days.

Rossi appeared briefly at the hearing remotely from the Utah prison.

The case scheduled for April 2025 is one in which Rossi was accused of raping an ex-girlfriend in 2008. He also faces trial in Utah County for the alleged rape of another woman in Orem that same year.

Rossi, whose legal name is Nicholas Alahverdian, was extradited from Scotland in January.

During previous court appearances this year, Rossi claimed his name was Arthur Knight and that he was not the man authorities were looking for. However, during a hearing in October, Rossi said he was forced to change his name because of what he called “credible threats” to his life.

Following an October hearing in which Rossi pleaded not guilty to a first-degree rape charge, the judge denied his pretrial release from prison.