The Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office charged Nicholas Rossi with one count of first-degree felony rape on July 13, 2022. A Third District Court jury convicted Mr. Rossi on August 13, 2025. A judge sentenced Mr. Rossi to five years to life at the Utah State Correctional Facility on October 20, 2025.
Below is a statement regarding the death of Mr. Rossi:
“Mr. Rossi was a sexual predator who tried to escape accountability. He was caught and died with the public knowledge of his guilt, and the personal accountability of being in prison. The survivors of his heinous acts have the consolation that he died in prison with the knowledge of the crimes he committed,” said Salt Lake County Attorney Sim Gill.