- published: 01 May 2013
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Amanda Marie Knox (born July 9, 1987) is an American woman who was accused of the murder of Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Umbria, Italy. She served four years of a 26-year sentence before the murder conviction was overturned on October 3, 2011. Raffaele Sollecito, Knox's boyfriend at the time of the murder, was also accused of the murder and had his conviction overturned on appeal. The jury upheld Knox's calunnia conviction for falsely implicating bar owner Patrick Lumumba. For this Knox was sentenced to three years in prison, which she had already served, and was ordered to pay Lumumba's court costs of about 22,000 euros.
Knox was born in Seattle, Washington, to Edda Mellas, a math teacher, and Curt Knox, a vice president of finance at Macy's. The couple divorced when Knox was a toddler. Knox attended Seattle Preparatory School, from which she graduated in 2005. In 2005 she began studies at the University of Washington.
In 2007 Knox moved to Perugia, Italy, to study Italian, German, and creative writing at the University for Foreigners for one year. She shared a house with Meredith Kercher, a student from England, as well as two Italian women. In mid-October 2007 she began a romantic relationship with an Italian engineering student, Raffaele Sollecito, from Bari, Apulia.
Actors: Silvia Rossi (actress), Alex Marchi (producer), Alex Marchi (producer), Alex Marchi (writer), Alex Marchi (director), Alex Marchi (editor),
Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama, Short,Actors: Hayden Panettiere (actress), Vincent Riotta (actor), Marcia Gay Harden (actress), Craig Piligian (producer), Randy Sutter (producer), Mattia Sbragia (actor), Roberto Nobile (actor), Amanda Mason (miscellaneous crew), Valentina Carnelutti (actress), Matt Patresi (actor), Raffaello Monteverde (producer), Craig Anderson (producer), Andrea Piria (miscellaneous crew), Robert Dornhelm (director), Renato Cortesi (actor),
Plot: UPDATE: On March 26, 2013, Italy's highest criminal court overturned the acquittal of Knox in the murder of her British roommate and ordered a new trial. If Knox chooses not to return to Italy for the retrial, she will be tried in absentia.
Keywords: american-abroad, based-on-true-story, college-student, criminal-justice, illegal-drugs, knife-murder, luminol