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Catherine Heckendorn

Ex-wife of convicted fugitive Nicholas Rossi, who appeared on Dateline NBC and the podcast I Am Not Nicholas to share her account of domestic abuse during their brief 2015 marriage.

Jul 28, 2026

I Am Not Nicholas

I Am Not Nicholas

5 | Confrontation

Jul 28 · 38m

Jane MacSorleyHOST
7:01
And then what? You know, did you two of you go off and have a lovely romantic time celebrating?
Catherine HeckendornGUEST
7:06
So we just, we went back home, and we continued with our lives.
Catherine HeckendornGUEST
7:12
I started trying to be, like, a homemaker.
Catherine HeckendornGUEST
7:17
And then on his end, he at the time was running a nonprofit organization, so he always seemed to keep himself busy with that.
Catherine HeckendornGUEST
7:28
And in between, you know, being at home after we were married, I noticed his temper was very short.
Catherine HeckendornGUEST
7:38
He was no longer patient and, you know, it did not take long for him to start getting physical and aggressive.
Catherine HeckendornGUEST
7:50
And with that, also verbal.

6 MINS LATER

Jane MacSorleyHOST
13:46
So at what point, and how long was it into the marriage, did you think, "I have to, I have to leave this"?

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