Amanda Knox faces a new slander trial in Italy that could remove the last legal stain against her
Amanda Knox faces another trial for slander this week in Italy that could remove the last allegation against her, nine years after Italyโs highest court threw out her conviction for the killing of her 21-year-old British roommate.
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Amanda Knox Asked for Wedding Donations, but She Is Already Married
Amanda Knox has been pleading for donations for her 2020 space-themed wedding, but the woman convicted and then acquitted of killing her roommate is already married, state records show. Screen grab of Knox's marriage certificate on King County records site. "Instead of a traditional registry, we're accepting donations towards the cost of the wedding," the couple posted. Amanda Knox started a GoFundMe for her wedding. RELATED STORIESAmanda Knox Wants You to Pay for Her Outer Space WeddingEmotional Amanda Knox Returns to ItalyAmanda Knox Reveals She Had Non-Sexual Romantic Relationship With a Woman in Prison
Amanda Knox Reveals She and Christopher Robinson Are Already Married Ahead of Upcoming Nuptials
"We shared our wedding story on social media, but we did not advertise our registry or ask strangers to donate. They then accused me of lying about the financial reality of our trip to support the Italy Innocence Project," the statement continued. In June, Knox, 31, arrived in Italy for the first time since her and then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito's conviction for the 2007 murder of Meredith Kerche was annulled in 2015 -- ahead of a speech organized by the Italy Innocence Project. "Im doing so because Ive been invited by the Italy Innocence Project to speak about wrongful convictions and trial by media. Knox also wrote about the pitfalls and powers of social media, on which she made her Instagram profile public back in 2017.
Amanda Knox Is 'Withholding Judgment' in the Case of Slain Italian Cop
Amanda Knox is weighing in on the case of the two American teens arrested in the slaying of an Italian cop. Knox spent nearly four years behind bars in Italy after being convicted of the 2007 murder of her roommate. The two American teenagers, Gabriel Christian Natale-Hjorth and Finnegan Lee Elder, both from San Francisco, face charges after an Italian officer was slain while confronting them over a suspected drug deal in Rome Friday. The slain officer, Mario Cerciello Rega, had just returned to work following his honeymoon. RELATED STORIESAmanda Knox Wants You to Pay for Her Outer Space WeddingEmotional Amanda Knox Returns to ItalyAmanda Knox Memorializes Meredith Kercher in Essay on Anniversary of Her Murder
Amanda Knox Wants You to Pay for Her Outer Space Wedding
Amanda Knox, the American woman who was convicted, then acquitted, of murdering her roommate, wants wedding donations to pay for the "best party ever." She and fiance Christoper Robinson are pleading for help in funding their 2020 outer space-themed nuptials, via a wedding registry site. Every donor will receive a copy of "The Cardio Tesseract," a book of love poems penned by Knox and Robinson. "We had to spend our wedding funds on this challenging and important journey," says the wedding registry site. RELATED STORIESEmotional Amanda Knox Returns to ItalyPresident Trump Felt 'Betrayed' by Amanda Knox After She Supported Hillary ClintonAmanda Knox Reveals She Had Non-Sexual Romantic Relationship With a Woman in Prison
Michelle Carter Doc: Director Reveals How Lea Michele Played a Part in the Texting Suicide Case
The two-part series examines the 2017 precedent-setting criminal trial -- popularly known as the Texting Suicide Case -- of a teenage girl who was deemed responsible for sending texts that seemingly encouraged her boyfriend to kill himself. The case quickly became a national news sensation, which Carr attributes to the fact that Carter is pretty, privileged, and most notably, female. This is about the psychological principles of Michelle Carter and Conrad Roy. In the months after Roys suicide, Carter was showered with attention and shes talking about quote-unquote getting famous, the director says, particularly when it comes to throwing a fundraising event in his honor. While Knox wrote an op-ed about the case, saying that Carter deserves sympathy and help, she declined an interview for the film.