Amanda Knox

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I see there is another Amanda Knox series out on Hulu/Disney. I've always followed the case closely. But I have mixed feelings. At first I thought Amanda was involved in the murder but as time has gone on, there isn't a shred of proof (from a DNA pov) against her. But should she continue to make money from the case? I feel deeply sorry for Meredith's family. As her sister Stephanie said, Meredith is the 'forgotten victim' in this. I understand she did spend 4 years behind bars and wants to be vindicated - and she does help other innocent victims who have been jailed - but I feel it's too much now and that Meredith is being lost in it all. What do you think?

Disney+

Have you got the adult stuff enabled?

I think this is a really good point.

It says 23rd - so I could probably watch it now.

but I couldn’t watch it earlier.

Amanda actually seems to have healed a lot from her trauma in recent years, although of course her life is still very much shaped by it, and seems like such a confident, happy woman these days. I don't think anyone looking at interviews of her in the last few years could really consider her to be 'strange'.

Even the prosecutor likes her now 😅

But then on here we have grown adults demonising her for not behaving 'normally' when she was 20, and criticising her choices for living her life based on the hand she was dealt.

I remember this at the time and never believed for a second she was guilty but somehow people just like to say guilt based on very little. The prosecutor sounded like an absolute pervert where did he get his ideas? None of it added up at the time, she’d know the killer was a total skank and couldn’t possibly imagine that scenario happening. She did get herself into a mess by not taking things seriously in the beginning and her general selfish and immature behaviour, that was her crime being an American moron and yes she lacked empathy and dignified behaviour. It was horrendous that she was imprisoned but there by the grace of God it could happen to anyone.

She should’ve been compensated by Italy, what she went through was beyond awful. I’m glad she’s making £££ but it can’t be enough for 4 years of intense trauma. The whole thing was such a clusterfuck, contaminated crime scene, etc.

I've just seen that Amanda knox is a producer of the new show on hulu. I wonder how much she got paid for that.

When my family were told my auntie died in bad circumstances I grabbed my car keys and said I was going to Tesco. In my head I was writing a shopping list. The rest of my family were shocked and had to stop me leaving!

We don't even know if she did lack grace or if she acted moronically. The press were out for her blood. And she was kept under interrogation for days. I remember from when DS2 was a baby and never slept - after 3 days without any sleep you can't even remember your own name (no exaggeration) let alone trust yourself to stay strong when being bullied and accused of murder in a foreign language in a foreign land by some very unsavoury policemen.

Exactly. The way we perceived her was exactly how the Italian authorities wanted us to perceive her.

Do you not think it is a bit weird that Amanda Knox produced the show for Hulu

Why do you begrudge her getting paid? 4 years being locked up for a crime she didn’t commit will have affected her earning potential.

No. Why would it be? She is an intelligent adult, capable of that job.

No?

Because she is making money from a murder, of course.

You don't think its weird that she is cashing in on a murder.

Well i do.

A murder that she was wrongfully convicted of and locked up for, effectively ruining her life?

How else do you think she should be making the money to support herself?

Eh by getting a fucking job like Raffaele sollecito did? Her other co accused in the murder

Raffaele Sollecito was also wrongly convicted for the murder.

I don't see him cashing in on the murder with Netflix deals, Hulu deals and book deals like Amanda knox is.

Raffaele Sollecito didn’t get anywhere near the amount of negative (worldwide) press that Knox did. As you can see just from this thread, people think she is weird, unlikeable. moronic etc because of what they’ve read about her. How many people do you think would be queueing up to hire her?
Why shouldn’t she tell her story?
Im not sure what your point is. You said you don’t think she did it, so what is the issue here? What is she guilty of?

There's literally nothing weird about it.
She didn't commit any murder.
There's a whole genre of TV/Podcasts/books etc all 'cashing in' on murders
Many people who are falsely accused or wrongfully convicted will sell their story in some way.

So no, there's nothing weird about it.

Yes, the the two are not at all comparable in that respect.

Additionally, the fact that Sollecito's experiences haven't prevented him from being capable of holding down a normal job tell us absolutely fuck all about whether another wrongfully convicted person is able to do so. The idea that because one of them does so, that means any given other also can is almost as stupid as continuing to pretend you saw a photo that doesn't actually exist.

Your posts are ignorant rude and immature as always, I see.

Standard fare from you

He has a book out actually.

And the truth is that whether he wanted to do more in the media etc he isn't nearly as big as a draw as Amanda Knox and people are far less interested in his story than they are in hers.

The title of his book was 'Honor bound, my journey to hell and back with Amanda Knox'. Amanda Knox was a selling point for his book.