FOOD PLACE ON OLD TOWER HILL ROAD. NO INJURIES IN THAT. THE SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE AGAINST FORMER RHODE ISLAND ATTORNEY. FAKE DEATH IMPOSTER TURNED INTERNATIONAL FUGITIVE NICHOLAS ALAHVERDIAN WILL GO FORWARD AFTER A HEARING IN UTAH. WE ALSO KNEW HIM AS NICHOLAS ROSSI AND FOR OTHER THINGS WHEN HE WAS WITH US AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, HIS LAWYER HAS STIPULATED THAT HE IS NICHOLAS ROSSI. >>AARON COOGAN JOINS US LIVE IN STUDIO TONIGHT WITH DETAILS FROM INSIDE THE COURTROOM. >>AARON. YEAH. WELL, GUYS, THIS WAS A QUICK HEARING DELAYED BY NEARLY 15 MINUTES AS THE DEFENSE CLAIMED ALAHVERDIAN NEEDED TO BE ADMINISTERED OXYGEN, AND WHILE ALLOWING HIS LAWYER TO STIPULATE IN THIS HEARING THAT HE'S NICHOLAS ROSSI HE STILL INSISTED ON BEING CALLED ARTHUR KING SAM DUGGAN FOR MR. KNIGHT, AS WELL AS MACKENZIE POTTER. >>I BELIEVE WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR HIM TO BE BROUGHT UP >>A TURNING OF TIDES IN A SALT LAKE CITY COURTROOM THURSDAY AFTERNOON, A DEFENSE TEAM ARRIVING TO REPRESENT NICHOLAS ALAHVERDIAN DESPITE PREVIOUS SENTIMENT JUST MONTHS AGO THAT HE WOULD REPRESENT HIMSELF. ONLY ONE PERSON TOOK THE STAND. A SEXUAL ASSAULT INVESTIGATOR WITH THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. BUT QUESTIONING FROM THE PROSECUTION WAS CUT SHORT. >>WHAT WAS HIS NAME AT BIRTH? >>AND YOUR HONOR, JUST BEFORE WE GO FURTHER, DEFENSE STIPULATES TO IDENTITY. >>SO. >>I'M SORRY. >>DEFENSE STIPULATES TO IDENTITY. >>DEFENSE IS STIPULATING TO IDENTITY IN THIS CASE. >>YES. FOR THE PURPOSES OF PRELIMINARY HEARING. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CASE, DEFENSE STIPULATES TO IDENTITY THE ADMISSION OF HALIBURTON'S IDENTITY STIPULATED ONLY AS IT APPLIED TO TODAY'S HEARING. >>YOUR HONOR, WITH THE DEFENSE HAVING STIPULATED TO THE IDENTITY IN THIS CASE, THE IDENTITY OF THE OF THE DEFENDANT, THE STATE RESTS ALAVERDI AND FACES A FELONY CHARGE IN SALT LAKE COUNTY, WHERE PROSECUTORS ALLEGE HE ... A 26 YEAR OLD FORMER GIRLFRIEND AFTER AN ARGUMENT, AND ANOTHER IN UTAH COUNTY >>UNTIL NOW, ALAVERDYAN HAS CONTINUALLY DENIED ANY AFFILIATION WITH THE SUSPECT IN THE DOMESTIC CASES. ASSUMING THE IDENTITY, ARTHUR KNIGHT. HE WAS ARRESTED IN A SCOTLAND HOSPITAL IN 2021 AFTER FAKING HIS DEATH A YEAR PRIOR ALAHVERDIAN CONTINUES TO SPEAK WITH AN ACCENT AND WEAR AN OXYGEN MASK. NOW ALAVERDYAN IS SET TO BE BACK IN COURT FOR HIS ARRAIGNMENT AND BAI