Amanda Knox to Return to Italy for First Time Since She Was Falsely Convicted of Murdering Roommate

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Amanda Knoxis returning to Italy.

Knox, 31, will return to the country for the first time since she was convicted and imprisoned — but later acquitted — of the murder of her roommate, Meredith Kercher.

Knox announced the upcoming appearance onTwitter.

“The Italy Innocence Project didn’t yet exist when I was wrongly convicted in Perugia,” she wrote. “I’m honored to accept their invitation to speak to the Italian people at this historic event and return to Italy for the first time.”

Knox was an American student studying abroad in Perugia in 2007 when she wasaccused of brutally murderingher roommate, Meredith Kercher, who was found dead in her bedroom on November 2. It was a dramatic case that saw controversial twists for years to come.

Knox and her then-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, were both convicted for the murder of Kercher, 21, a British exchange student who lived with Knox in Perugia. Prosecutors alleged the crime had taken place during a sex game run amok, though hard evidence against the young couple was scant.

Knox and Sollecito spent four years in prison before their convictions were overturned in 2011. However, the pair were convicted again in absentia in 2013 before being acquitted again in 2015.

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In January 2019, the European Court of Human Rights ordered Italy to pay $20,000 in damages to Knox for failing to provide her legal assistance during her initial questioning after Kercher’s murder,according to the AP.

Rudy Guede, a Perugia-based bartender, is currently servinga 16-year sentence for Kercher’s murder.

source: people.com