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Amanda Knox Scores $4M Book Deal

Matt Cantor — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:41:14 CST

After a days-long bidding war, HarperCollins has obtained the rights to Amanda Knox's memoir in a $4 million deal, insiders tell the New York Times . Divisions of Random House, Macmillan, Simon & Schuster, and Penguin all reportedly bid on the book, which Knox says will be based in part on...

Italians Appeal Knox Acquittal

Rob Quinn — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:42:37 CST

Amanda Knox moved back to Seattle after her murder conviction was overturned last October, but Italian prosecutors hope they haven't seen the last of her. They have, as expected, filed an appeal to reinstate her and Raffalle Sollecito's convictions for the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher, reports the...

Amanda Knox's Italian Lover Breaks Silence

Mark Russell — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:28:49 CDT

Amanda Knox's Italian ex-boyfriend has spoken out for the first time since their murder convictions were overturned , saying "we need each other," and that they talk every day and he cannot wait to see her again, reports the Daily Mail . "We spent four years in a circle of hell, we...

Kercher CSIs Joked About Taking Crack to Stay Awake

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:00:25 CDT

During Amanda Knox’s appeal, forensic professors testified that police made more than 50 errors while examining Meredith Kercher’s murder scene, from using dirty gloves to not changing their shoe covers. They also exhibited a “jovial unprofessional manner”—namely, they joked about taking drugs to stay awake, the Daily Mail reports....

Amanda Knox Judge: She Could Have Killed Meredith

Kate Schwartz — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:54:05 CDT

One of the two judges who oversaw the Amanda Knox appeal has spoken out, and his comments are hardly a resounding confirmation of her innocence. In remarks the Telegraph describes as "surprisingly frank," Claudio Pratillo Hellmann said in a TV interview yesterday that Knox and then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito "maybe know"...

In Knox Verdict, a Victory for Reality

Rob Quinn — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 07:47:19 CDT

Amanda Knox has been freed and while the case may continue to be hotly debated in the Italian press, commentators in the US and Britain are overwhelmingly of the opinion that justice has been done. The Knox case, "was a textbook example of our never-ending fascination with the supposed femme...

Knox Leaves Prison

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:29:37 CDT

Amanda Knox left prison today, a free woman for the first time in four years, after an Italian appeals court threw out the young American's murder conviction in the sexual assault and stabbing death of her British roommate. About 90 minutes after the verdict was handed down, a black Mercedes...

Italy Court Frees Amanda Knox

Polly Davis Doig — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:58:28 CDT

Amanda Knox's four-year quest to prove her innocence in the murder of Meredith Kercher has come to its dramatic conclusion, with an Italian appeals court today overturning her 26-year prison sentence. Knox appeared extremely emotional while awaiting the verdict, and broke down completely as a judge announced it, reports the...

Tearful Knox to Court: 'I Did Not Kill, I Did Not Rape'

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 06:46:05 CDT

Amanda Knox gave an emotional appeal to an Italian court today, insisting, "I did not kill, I did not rape" Meredith Kercher. "I am paying with my life for things that I did not commit," said a shaking and tearful Knox in fluent Italian. "I am not who they say...