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Amanda Knox sat down with Diane Sawyer last night to finally reveal her side of the story. We look at the interview's most revealing moments and discuss people's reactions.
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Amanda Knox's memoir, Waiting to Be Heard, is finally released today as we break down what to expect from both the book and her interview tonight with Diane Sawyer. We also get into another round of Name That Tweet, talk with Penn Badgley, and teach you all the important skills of taking a selfie photo. It's all on Tuesday's POPSUGAR Live!
Until now we haven't heard from Amanda Knox, the American student, who was imprisoned in Italy for four years on charges she murdered her roommate, Meredith Kercher. Today, Amanda Knox released her memoir, Waiting to Be Heard. We preview the book, as well as her interview with Diane Sawyer, which airs tonight on ABC at 10 p.m. EDT, and also break down the recent updates and evidence in her case. Watch.
Amanda Knox's Italian murder trial has already been heavily reported on and even made into a Lifetime movie. But now the former American exchange student, who spent four years locked up in Italy on charges she killed her roommate Meredith Kercher, is telling her side of the story. To mark the release of her memoir, Waiting to Be Heard (out today), she sat down with Diane Sawyer for a primetime interview that airs tonight at 10 p.m. EDT.
After an extremely confusing and tabloid-ready trial in Italy, it looked like Amanda could finally put the ordeal behind her when a jury overturned the murder conviction of Amanda and her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito in 2011. But last month, the Italian Supreme Court threw out the acquittal and ordered a retrial. In a preview clip from her first interview since she was released, Amanda called the latest development "extremely painful" and said: "I felt like after crawling through a field of barbed wire and finally reaching what I thought was the end, it just turned out that it was the horizon. And I had another field of barbed wire that I had ahead of me to crawl through."
In her book, Amanda promises to share her side of the story. On the night of the murder, she writes, she was smoking marijuana with Raffaele and reading Harry Potter in German. She also discusses how prison guards sexually harassed her and shares that she wrote a letter of sympathy to the victim's family but was advised by her lawyer not to send it. Despite the new details from Amanda herself, the case remains confounding.
Sympathetic observers say Amanda is a victim of an unfair Italian justice system that used contaminated DNA evidence; labeled her a "she-devil," "witch," and "femme fatale"; and used her sexual history against her in court. Those who maintain her innocence also point to Rudy Guede, an Ivory Coast immigrant whose DNA and fingerprints were found in Meredith's room and on her body. Rudy was also convicted of Meredith's murder and of sexually assaulting her. Still, others cite Amanda's shady actions after the murder as evidence that she is not innocent. As part of the case against her, police told the court that Amanda behaved inappropriately before being questioned by the police immediately after the murder. For example, they said she did cartwheels and splits at the police station. As for victim Meredith's family, they said they are "happy" Amanda will be back on trial. What do you think?
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Amanda Knox has sold her memoir to HarperCollins for a reported $4 million. Amanda Knox's life has already been heavily reported and even made into a Lifetime movie, but now the American college student, who spent four years locked up in Italy on charges she killed her roommate, will tell her side of the story. Her story is filled with confusing and intriguing details, and I personally would love to read Amanda's side. What does she make of accusations by the Italian prosecution that she was a she-devil who killed Meredith Kercher as part of a satanic sex game, the alleged sexual harassment she faced at the hands of the Italian prison officials, or her ex and fellow-accused Raffaele Sollecito? What went through her mind when she was initially convicted, and does she really intend to go back to Italy? Those are some of the questions I hope she answers. What about you? Will you add the book to your reading list?
No one can quite understand the ordeal Amanda Knox went through while locked up in Italian prison for four years, besides of course, her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito. He too was convicted and then acquitted of the murder of British exchange student Meredith Kercher. In Raffaele's first interview since their dramatic release, the 27-year-old told Italian magazine Oggi that he and Amanda still "need each other."
If their trial, conviction, and subsequent release were dramatic, so are Raffaele's feelings for Amanda. He told the magazine, "I really want to see her again, to speak with her and look into her eyes." Of coming to visit her in Seattle, he said he'd likely go before Christmas, explaining, "Certainly I will go and see Amanda in Seattle. She's invited me and I accepted with joy." He said he and Amanda write or talk on the phone every day "to try to understand what happened and to look ahead, towards a future that seemed broken forever but which we can now rebuild."
As sensational details about their personal lives were played out in court and the two were accused of murder in a sex game gone wrong, Raffaele and Amanda sat next to one another in court without having any contact with each other. And they only had dated for a week when the murder took place. But as Raffaele pointed out, they have this one, big thing in common: "We spent four years in a circle of hell." I wonder what Amanda will have to say about Raffaele when she decides to give an interview.
