Amanda Knox arrives at the Florence courtroom in Florence, Italy, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Amanda Knox returns to an Italian courtroom Wednesday for the first time in more than 12½ years to clear herself "once and for all" of a slander charge that stuck even after she was exonerated in the brutal 2007 murder of her British roommate in the idyllic hilltop town of Perugia. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Lumumba's lawyer Carlo Pacelli speaks with reporters after the hearing at the Florence courtroom in Florence, Italy, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Amanda Knox returns to an Italian courtroom Wednesday for the first time in more than 12½ years to clear herself "once and for all" of a slander charge that stuck even after she was exonerated in the brutal 2007 murder of her British roommate in the idyllic hilltop town of Perugia. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Amanda Knox arrives flanked by her husband Christopher Robinson, left, at the Florence courtroom in Florence, Italy, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Amanda Knox returns to an Italian courtroom Wednesday for the first time in more than 12½ years to clear herself "once and for all" of a slander charge that stuck even after she was exonerated in the brutal 2007 murder of her British roommate in the idyllic hilltop town of Perugia. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
FILE - This combination of three file photos shows: from left, of Italian student Raffaele Sollecito, slain British woman Meredith Kercher and her American roommate Amanda Knox. Amanda Knox is expected to appear in person in an Italian court to defend herself 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. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - American exchange student Amanda Knox, left, and her Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito outside the rented house where 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher was found dead in Perugia, Italy, Nov. 2, 2007. Amanda Knox is expected to appear in person in an Italian court to defend herself 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. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici, File)
FILE - Amanda Knox, center, is escorted by Italian penitentiary police officers to Perugia's court, in Italy, Sept 26, 2008. Amanda Knox is expected to appear in person in an Italian court to defend herself 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. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito, File)
Amanda Knox arrives at the Florence courtroom in Florence, Italy, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Amanda Knox returns to an Italian courtroom Wednesday for the first time in more than 12½ years to clear herself "once and for all" of a slander charge that stuck even after she was exonerated in the brutal 2007 murder of her British roommate in the idyllic hilltop town of Perugia. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
FILE - Diya "Patrick" Lumumba, a Congolese citizen who was originally jailed for the murder of Meredith Kercher, leaves the court building on the occasion of the final hearing before the third court verdict for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher, in Florence, Italy, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. Amanda Knox is expected to appear in person in an Italian court to defend herself 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. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File)
FILE - Raffaele Sollecito listens to his father Francesco Sollecito, right, during a press conference in Rome, Tuesday, July 1, 2014. Amanda Knox is expected to appear in person in an Italian court to defend herself 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. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca, File)