Who is Nicholas Rossi and where is 'Arthur Knight' now? The story behind Imposter: The Man Who Came Back from the Dead
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe first of a four-part crime story based on a real event is airing on Channel 4 tonight (Monday, May 20). The series gives a fascinating account of a man who awoke from a Covid coma to discover that the police had identified him as a fugitive from justice and one of America’s most wanted criminals.
But what is the truth? True Crime on Channel 4 invites viewers into the entangled world of Nicholas Rossi, also known as Arthur Knight.
The one-off documentary entitled Imposter: The Man Who Came Back from the Dead, explores: "Who is Arthur Knight, a bookish nice guy just woke up from a coma?
Or Nicholas Rossi in disguise - a sexually aggressive narcissist and one of America's most wanted?" Nicholas Rossi is alleged to have faked his own death and pretended to be an Irish orphan called Arthur Knight in an effort to avoid extradition to the US over a rape charge in 2008.
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