IN ST. GEORGE. LIV KELEHER KUTV TWO NEWS. >>WELL FOR THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT, WE'RE HEARING FROM WITNESSES CONNECTED TO THE CASE OF NICHOLAS ROSSI. HE'S THE MAN ACCUSED OF FAKING HIS OWN DEATH AND LEAVING THE COUNTRY TO ESCAPE RAPE CHARGES HERE. >>ROSSI WAS IN PERSON TODAY FOR HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING IN COURT. CHRISTIAN CEDA WAS THERE AND JOINS US LIVE WITH WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. CHRISTIAN? >>YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. ROSSI IS FACING TWO RAPE ALLEGATIONS HERE IN SALT LAKE AND IN UTAH COUNTY. NOW, TODAY IN COURT, THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE WHO TOOK THE STAND, AND THEY PROVIDED SOME CRUCIAL EVIDENCE. DRESSED IN A BLUE JUMPSUIT AND USING AN OXYGEN MASK, NICHOLAS ROSSI SAT QUIETLY IN A WHEELCHAIR DURING HIS HEARING. >>MY CLIENT FOR TODAY'S PURPOSES, STIPULATES TO IDENTITY. SO THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE FOR TODAY. >>IN COURT TODAY, HIS DEFENSE MADE IT CLEAR HIS LEGAL NAME IS ARTHUR 9TH. BUT FOR PURPOSES OF THE HEARING, NICHOLAS ROSSI. DURING THE HEARING, A VICTIM WITNESS COORDINATOR AND AN OREM POLICE OFFICER TOOK THE STAND. >>IF YOU WOULD TAKE THE WITNESS STAND, THE FIRST WITNESS PROVIDED A COPY OF THE VICTIM'S STATEMENT. >>I'M GOING TO REFER TO THIS PERSON AS KB. AND YOU MET WITH KB IN PERSON? >>YES, I DID AND DID YOU GIVE KB THE ATTESTATION TO TELL THE TRUTH? YES I DID. >>AND IS THAT SIGNED? >>YES. THE SECOND PROVIDED A DNA SAMPLE OF ROSSI LINKING HIM TO THE ALLEGED RAPE. IT'S A DNA REPORT FROM THE CRIME LAB. >>OKAY. AND WAS THERE A WAS THERE A RESULT? YES. AND WHAT WAS THE RESULT? >>THAT THE DNA RETURNS TO NICHOLAS ROSSI. >>THE DEFENSE DID NOT CALL ANY WITNESSES. AND AFTERWARDS, THE JUDGE RULED THERE IS PROBABLE CAUSE FOR TRIAL BASED ON THE FACTS DISCLOSED IN THE 1102 STATEMENT, THE COURT DOES FIND PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE THAT THE DEFENDANT, NICHOLAS ROSSI, COMMITTED THE OFFENSE OF RAPE THE NEXT COURT APPEARANCE AND HEARIN