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Amanda Knox vows to 'fight for the truth' after Italian court convicts her again of slander

Jun. 07, 2024 08:37 AM EDT

MILAN (AP) — Amanda Knox told Italian TV on Thursday that she was surprised by a Florence appeals court's decision to find her guilty of slander in light of a European court ruling that police who took her confession had violated her human rights. “I will fight for the...

What to know about the latest trial involving Amanda Knox

Jun. 06, 2024 20:49 PM EDT

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Seventeen years after she was accused of killing her British roommate, Amanda Knox returned to an Italian court to hear the outcome of a slander charge that has stuck long after she was exonerated of the murder. Knox was reconvicted of slander Wednesday for...

Amanda Knox reconvicted of slander in Italy for accusing innocent man in roommate’s 2007 murder

Jun. 05, 2024 13:17 PM EDT

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — An Italian court reconvicted Amanda Knox of slander Wednesday, quashing her hope of removing a legal stain against her that has persisted after her exoneration in the brutal 2007 murder of her British roommate while the two were exchange students in Italy. ...

Amanda Knox is re-convicted of slander in Italy for accusing innocent man in roommate’s 2007 murder

Jun. 05, 2024 06:22 AM EDT
FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Amanda Knox is re-convicted of slander in Italy for accusing innocent man in roommate’s 2007 murder.

Amanda Knox will defend herself in an Italian court against a 16-year-old slander charge

Jun. 04, 2024 15:17 PM EDT

MILAN (AP) — Amanda Knox will be back in an Italian courtroom this week to defend herself against a 16-year-old slander conviction that she hopes to beat once and for all. The opportunity for Knox, who turns 37 next month, was made possible when a European court ruled that Italy...

What to know about the latest trial involving Amanda Knox

Apr. 10, 2024 15:40 PM EDT

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Amanda Knox is again defending herself in an Italian court in a slander case that has the potential to remove the last legal stain against her, following her exoneration nine years ago in the 2007 murder of her British roommate, Meredith Kercher. Despite a...

Italy opens new slander trial against Amanda Knox. She was exonerated 9 years ago in friend's murder

Apr. 10, 2024 10:06 AM EDT

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Amanda Knox was back on trial for slander Wednesday for wrongly accusing a Congolese man of murdering her roommate while the young women were exchange students in Italy. Knox herself was convicted of the slaying before being exonerated in a case that grabbed the global...

Amanda Knox faces a new slander trial in Italy that could remove the last legal stain against her

Apr. 10, 2024 07:44 AM EDT

MILAN (AP) — Amanda Knox faces another trial for slander this week in Italy in a case that could remove the last legal stain against her, nine years after Italy’s highest court threw out her conviction for the murder of her 21-year-old British roommate. Knox, who was a...

Today in History: March 26, bodies of 39 members of Heavens Gate cult are discovered

Mar. 26, 2024 13:12 PM EDT

Today in History Today is Tuesday, March 26, the 86th day of 2024. There are 280 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 26, 1997, the bodies of 39 members of the Heaven’s Gate techno-religious cult who took their own lives...