The Front Runner Mary Grebinski Blue Lights The Big Cigar 5lbs of Pressure Planning a night on the couch? Here are today’s top TV and streaming picks: Imposter: The Man Who Came Back from the Dead Channel 4, 9pm In October 2021, a man identifying himself as Arthur Knight was admitted to a Glasgow hospital with severe Covid symptoms. When he awoke from a coma, he discovered that police had identified him as a fugitive from justice and one of America’s most-wanted criminals. In this three-part documentary, we hear the extraordinary story of Nicholas Alahverdian, a fantasist and serial sex offender.
While police believed he was Nicholas Alahverdian, also known as Nicholas Rossi, ‘Arthur Knight’ insisted the whole thing was a case of mistaken identity. And although he’d tried to remove one of them, tattoos (and fingerprints) proved he was Alahverdian, and his extradition to the United States was cleared. Mary Grebinski Born in Rhode Island, and diagnosed with a narcissistic personality disorder as a child, Alahverdian had a colourful track record that included accusations of sexual assault and domestic violence.
In 2020, he had faked his own death and fled the jurisdiction, leaving behind a long trail of misery. In this documentary, we hear from one of his victims, Mary Grebinski, who describes in detail a shocking assault, and then explains how Alahverdian then tried to sue her for causing him reputational damage. And his Mormon ex-wife, Kathryn, reveals what it’s.