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

Photo: Amanda Friedman 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.

Amanda Knox Wants to Return to Italy, Where She Was Falsely Convicted of Murdering Roommate

Amanda Knoxmay return to Italy — eventually. At the Death Becomes Us true crime festival in New York City last weekend, Knox, 31, spoke out about plans to return to Italy,according toThe International Business Times. “I have an amazing family and friends and an incredible support network. But you have got to face up to your fears alone if you want to heal, and I know the main thing that still terrifies me most is returning to Italy,” Knox said, the outlet reports.

Amanda Knox Was Legally Married Last Year — Months Before Planned Space-Themed Celebration

Amanda Knox and Christopher Robinson.Photo: Amanda Knox/Instagram Amanda Knoxand Christopher Robinson legally married last December, according to King County Superior Court records. The records show that the couple obtained their marriage certificate on Dec. 7, 2018. In an Aug. 1 statement, Knox and Robinson wrote that they got married to “simplify our taxes and insurance.” “But we have not yet celebrated our wedding with our loved ones,” they wrote. The couple plan to celebrate theirspace-themed weddingwith friends and family in a ceremony on Feb.

Amanda Knox Wears Her Old 'Prison Uniform' While Preparing for Her Upcoming Wedding

Photo: Amanda Knox/ Instagram Amanda Knox is getting married in 40 days — and she’s wearing her trusty old “prison uniform” to prepare for it. In anInstagram post shared on Sunday, the 32-year-old ex-convict, who was wrongfully convicted and then exonerated for the 2007 murder of roommate Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy, Knox wrote, “40 days left until the wedding and 267 tasks left on the wedding To Do list.”

Amanda Knox Worried to Tell Daughter About Her Murder Conviction: 'I'm Going to Be Totally Honest'

Amanda Knox.Photo: Lou Rocco/ABC via Getty Images Amanda Knoxis getting candid about the future conversations she’ll have with her daughter, Eureka Muse, surrounding her murder conviction. Fourteen years ago, Knox waswrongfully convicted and then exoneratedfor the 2007 murder of roommate Meredith Kercher when she was a 20-year-old American student studying abroad in Perugia, Italy. Since welcoming her newborn daughter, the 34-year-old author explained during an interview on theCall Her Daddypodcastthat she’s often worried about the questions that Eureka — whom she shares with husband Christopher Robinson — might have about her case but ensured that she won’t sugar coat her explanation of it when the time comes.