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Trial begins for Utah man accused of raping BYU student

Nasiru Seidu, 41, is charged with first-degree felony rape.

(Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune) Nasiru Seidu listens to opening statements at his trial in Provo Tuesday Oct. 10. He is accused of raping a BYU student at her off-campus apartment two years ago.

She thought the person who assaulted her was a 26-year-old man named West, someone who was single she met at the gym. It was when she learned from gym staff that he actually was 39 years old, married — and his name was Nasiru Seidu — that something changed.