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Nicholas Rossi's Utah County trial began with defense claiming money and lies promoted the allegations.

Prosecutors allege Rossi raped Kristine Peterson in 2008 after a financial dispute.

Rossi, extradited from the U.K., was previously convicted of another 2008 rape in Salt Lake County last month.

PROVO — The Utah County trial for a man convicted of rape in Salt Lake County began Wednesday, with the defense arguing money and lies are at the heart of the situation.

Nicholas Rossi, 38, was charged in September 2020 with rape of a 21-year-old woman in Orem in 2008.

During opening arguments on Wednesday at the Provo District Courthouse, prosecutor McKay Lewis explained that Rossi and the woman met on MySpace in the late summer of 2008 and began dating soon thereafter. They

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