- Amanda Knox, only 20 years old at the time, was initially convicted of murdering British student Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy, along with her Italian boyfriend.
- After multiple trials and convictions, Knox was finally acquitted of all charges in the murder case in 2015.
- However, she was convicted of defamation for falsely accusing a local bar owner of the crime in an early police interrogation.
- Last year, the defamation conviction was overturned by an appeals court, leading to a new trial in Florence earlier this year.
- Knox was present in court on Wednesday as her lawyers awaited a decision regarding the case.
- The previous three-year sentence was upheld, but considered served during Knox’s time in prison for the murder.
- Knox expressed remorse for not retracting the false accusation against the bar owner, citing her youthful crisis at the time.
- She cried and hugged her husband when the verdict was read, with the infamous case gaining significant media attention in 2014.
- The country’s highest court ultimately acquitted Knox and her ex-boyfriend due to "serious errors" in the police investigation.
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