The wife of fugitive Nicholas Rossi has claimed that her husband is '100 percent not a rapist' as he faces extradition to the United States over sex assault charges. Miranda Knight also told NBC’s Dateline that she hopes the pair will one day “crack open a bottle of champagne” and “return to their normal lives” as her husband remains in custody.
The fantasist, 35, who claimed to be an Irishman called Arthur Knight, failed to appear in court last week after an alleged ‘altercation’ with a security guard at Edinburgh Sheriff Court. He was previously remanded in custody after being considered a significant flight risk amid claims he faked his own death in 2020 to avoid prosecution in Utah.
He was arrested in December 2021 while being treated for Covid-19 at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow - with a sheriff ruling he is the man wanted by US authorities. Speaking on a two-hour special called Dead Man Walking, Miranda backed her husband’s claims that he is the victim of mistaken identity, the Scottish Sun reports.
