Amanda Knox’s defamation conviction in Kercher murder case upheld

Amanda KnoxThe legal journey has reached a new ruling.

Nearly 17 years after Knox first accused her roommate Meredith KercherFor Nancy’s 2007 murder – for which she was convicted and later acquitted – on June 5, an Italian court upheld her 2009 conviction for defamation. Patrick Lumumbawhom Knox falsely accused of murder during intense interrogation.

With her new conviction, the 36-year-old was sentenced to three years in prison, none of which she will serve because she had already served the original sentence on her defamation conviction during the four years she spent in custody following her wrongful conviction for Kercher’s murder. .

According to NBC News, while outside the courtroom in Florence, Italy, Knox’s attorney told the outlet that he was “very surprised by the outcome of the decision and Amanda is very upset.”

H! News has reached out to Knox’s legal team for comment but has not yet received a response.

The Seattle native Lumumba — a local bar owner for whom she worked part-time when she moved to Italy — was accused of killing Kercher during interrogation in 2007, leading to his arrest and two weeks in prison.