Amanda Knox has returned to court in Italy as she seeks to overturn a conviction for slander, the last outstanding case against her following the notorious killing of a British student in 2007.
“I hope to clear my name once and for all of the false charges against me,” Knox said this week on X, formerly Twitter.
Holding hands with her husband Christopher Robinson, Knox, 36, made no comment to journalists and camera crews when she arrived at the court on Wednesday. The hearing began at around 7.50am and a verdict is expected later in the day.
Italy’s top court in 2015 annulled Knox’s conviction for the murder of her British flatmate Meredith Kercher in the city of Perugia, capping nearly a decade of courtroom drama during which she had twice been found guilty.
The brutal stabbing of 21-year-old Kercher and multiple trials provided fodder for tabloids on both sides of the Atlantic and inspired books and films.