Ex-girlfriend of Nicholas Rossi who dated conman for five weeks when he was posing as an Irish orphan in the UK claims she was a ‘prisoner in her own home’ as he demanded money, locked her in her room and raped her

Nicholas Rossi’s ex-girlfriend has claimed he made her ‘a prisoner in her own residence’ after she met the conman on a courting app. 

Michelle Minnaar tells her aspect of the story in a brand new documentary on Channel 4 titled Imposter: The Man Who Got here Again From The Lifeless. 

American intercourse offender Rossi faked his personal dying in 2020 in Rhode Island, US, however was discovered to be dwelling in Glasgow beneath the identify of Arthur Knight whereas present process remedy for Covid-19. 

Mr Rossi, 36, was deported to america in January after spending two years combating extradition from Scotland. His claims of mistaken id had been rejected by Scottish judges. 

Victims from 4 US states, in addition to alleged victims from Canada and England, have come ahead and earlier this week Rossi appeared at a district court docket in Utah, the place he was warned he might spend the remainder of his life behind bars.  

Ms Minnaar claims she had a turbulent five-week relationship with the fraudster which noticed him transfer into her dwelling in Essex when he arrived within the UK in June 2017. 

The meals blogger, from Pretoria in South Africa, initially met Rossi on courting app GoCupid when he was dwelling within the US, and she or he was based mostly within the UK. 

At first, she mentioned he appeared ‘humorous and well-spoken’, saying he was a Harvard-educated lobbyist and even had a Wikipedia web page and YouTube movies of his speeches. 

He quickly started elevating the prospect of visiting her in England – even saying he wished to maneuver to the UK, all earlier than they really met. 

Talking within the documentary, Ms Minnaar mentioned: ‘I felt a bit bamboozled but when he stayed for just a few days that ought to be okay.’ She paused, then added: ‘Then the drama began.’

What was meant to be a short go to for the couple’s first assembly become Rossi staying in Ms Minnaar’s home for 5 weeks. Earlier than lengthy, he began demanding cash from her.  

The mother-of-two recalled: ‘From the second he walked in it was manipulation and gaslighting. 

‘He wished money. A lot of it. He splashed my money like water.’

Ms Minnaar gave him just a few hundred whereas he tried to ‘settle’ within the UK, however he demanded an increasing number of and even mentioned she ought to costume ‘smarter’ like him.

Ms Minnaar met Rossi on courting app GoCupid, the place Rossi used the identify Nicholas Alahverdian

She mentioned she was quickly sufferer to blackmail and even rape by the infamous fraudster

She mentioned: ‘I felt like a prisoner in my very own home as a result of this man will not depart.’

She added: ‘I believe he is an evil parasite that may leap from sufferer to sufferer.’ 

The horrifying state of affairs peaked when he blocked her in her bed room as she was attempting to go away, earlier than raping her. 

Ms Minnaar beforehand mentioned Rossi advised her ‘he was framed’ when she confronted him about being on the US intercourse register. 

She mentioned she ‘could not imagine it’ when she noticed on-line he was dealing with extradition expenses claiming he’s a ‘serial liar’ who ‘depends solely on folks feeling sorry for him’ on account of his ‘intense victimhood facade’.

Shortly after Rossi moved into Ms Minaar’s dwelling, she came upon he was on the intercourse offenders’ register following a earlier conviction in Dayton, Ohio – however he advised her he was ‘framed by a girl who had a boyfriend’.

Ms Minnaar advised MailOnline: ‘Throughout our whirlwind relationship, I noticed on-line that he was on a US intercourse offenders listing.

‘Once I confronted him about it, he advised me he’d beforehand met a lady and so they had intercourse. She later advised him she had a boyfriend. She then reported it to the police and framed him for sexual assault.

‘He was a serial liar. Now I look again on the time we spent collectively there have been so many pink flags. He’s a grasp manipulator. Now I look again, how he was allowed to journey to the UK is past me!’

Rossi – the person ‘who got here again from the lifeless’ – is the topic of a brand new Channel 4 documentary

Nicholas Rossi departs Edinburgh Sheriff Court docket after his extradition listening to on July 12, 2023

Michelle mentioned Rossi had appeared chatty and earlier than he flew to the UK to satisfy her

Ms Minnaar claimed she was raped by Rossi after refusing to have intercourse with him throughout their relationship. She additionally alleged he ‘stole £3600’ from her.

After Rossi arrived at her dwelling, she realised ‘he was not who he appeared’ and maintained a ‘unusual relationship’ together with her daughter whereas ignoring her son who suffers with autism and international developmental delay. 

Rossi is believed to have met his present spouse, Miranda Knight, in Bristol in 2019 and married her in early 2020, assuming the identify Arthur Knight.

They moved to Glasgow shortly afterwards however in 2021, Rossi turned so sick with Covid that he needed to be hospitalised on the metropolis’s Queen Elizabeth College Hospital.

Imposter: The Man Who Got here Again From The Lifeless airs subsequent week on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday on Channel 4.