Amanda Knox Says Cops Questioned Her at Seattle Airport About Her Jail Time

• Amanda Knox was acquitted in 2011 of the 2007 homicide of her roommate after spending 4 years in an Italian jail cell
• On April 9, Knox claimed she had an trade with police at a Seattle airport about her previous imprisonment and her present work
• Knox had been boarding a flight to Dublin whereas selling her new memoir, Free: My Seek for That means

Amanda Knox — who was acquitted in 2011 of the 2007 homicide of her roommate Meredith Kercher, after spending 4 years in an Italian jail cell — is claiming she lately had an trade with police at an airport about her previous imprisonment and her present work.

Knox shared in a collection of posts on X that she had been boarding a flight to Dublin from an airport in Seattle as a way to promote her new memoir, Free: My Seek for That means, when she was stopped by cops.

She claimed that they requested her about the place she was touring and what she deliberate to do as soon as she obtained to Eire. In response, she instructed them that she was going to be “interviewed” on TV for her new ebook, which was about “reintegrating into society after jail.”

Knox mentioned she was then requested, “What did you do to finish up [in] jail?” to which she replied, “Truly, I did not do it.” When police requested her how lengthy she was in jail for, she mentioned she was there for “4 years till I used to be discovered harmless.”

“That lengthy? You most likely do not like police that a lot,” one officer allegedly instructed her, and she or he replied, “They make [me] uncomfortable.”

Knox mentioned round this time, about 40 folks had already walked previous her as she was nonetheless “caught on the jet bridge” answering questions from police on the airport.

The cops then allegedly requested her about “writing books” and if that was how she made “a residing.” Knox mentioned she instructed them that she additionally had a podcast — referring to Labyrinths with Amanda Knox.

When requested what the podcast was about, Knox responded, “A whole lot of issues,” together with “coercive police interview strategies.” She mentioned that after she instructed the cops this, they let her proceed, allegedly saying, “Secure journey.”

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Knox shared extra details about the interplay within the feedback, noting the situation and sharing that the cops gave “no cause” for stopping her and asking questions. Nevertheless, she didn’t share when the incident occurred and if something occurred previous to or after.

Knox and her then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito have been accused in 2007 of murdering Kercher, who was discovered lifeless within the house they shared in Perugia, Italy. After nearly two years in jail and an 11-month trial, an Italian jury discovered Knox and Sollecito responsible of killing Kercher, and the pair have been sentenced to 26 and 25 years, respectively, in jail.

Nevertheless, in 2011, an appeals court docket overturned essentially the most severe fees towards Knox, stating in her second trial that there had been a mishandling of DNA proof within the case. The case was tried once more, and Knox was once more discovered responsible of murdering Kercher, however it was once more overturned after Italy’s highest court docket mentioned there have been “evident errors” within the investigation.

Rudy Guede, who was renting out a piece of the identical house as Knox and Kercher, was discovered responsible of homicide and sexual assault and sentenced to 30 years in a separate 2008 trial.

In her new memoir, Knox tells the story of life after jail and her ongoing battle to show her innocence. She mentioned that, regardless of being declared harmless and freed, she was by no means allowed to completely dwell her life once more.

“There’s at all times this subtext, like ‘Have a look at Amanda residing her life whereas Meredith is lifeless,’ ” she mentioned. “Any expression of life in my life is seen as an offense to the reminiscence of my good friend who obtained murdered.”