Amanda Knox seeks to clear her name in Italy’s highest court after a slander conviction tied to the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher.

Knox was appealing a 2024 conviction for falsely accusing her former boss of murdering her roommate, an assertion she made under aggressive police questioning

Italy's highest court confirmed Amanda Knox's slander conviction for wrongly accusing Patrick Lumumba in the 2007 murder of her flatmate, Meredith Kercher. Knox's appeal was based on a European court finding that her rights were violated during questioning.

Italy's highest court was set Thursday to rule on Amanda Knox's appeal against a slander conviction linked to the 2007 murder for which she was jailed but later acquitted.

An American who was convicted and later acquitted of the 2007 murder of her British housemate, Ms. Knox was found guilty of falsely accusing someone else of the crime.

Italy’s high court has upheld the remaining conviction against American Amanda Knox, who was jailed and later acquitted of the 2007 murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher.

Amanda Knox’s notorious legal saga has finally come to an end after nearly 20 years, though not in the way she was hoping.

ROME (AP) — Italy’s highest court on Thursday confirmed a slander conviction against U.S. defendant Amanda Knox for accusing an innocent man of murdering her British flatmate 17 years ago in a sensational case that polarized trial watchers on both sides of the Atlantic.

Italy's top court upheld the conviction of US citizen Amanda Knox for slander on Thursday, in a case that dates back nearly two decades.. Knox was convicted last year of slandering local bar owner Patrick Lumumba by implicating him in the 2007 murder of her British flatmate,

Amanda Knox, who was acquitted in the 2007 murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy, had a slander conviction upheld against her by Italy’s high court on Thursday. Knox had appealed the conviction by citing a decision from the European Court of Human Rights in 2023 that said authorities had violated her rights by not providing her with an adequate translator or lawyer.

Italy’s highest court on Thursday upheld a slander conviction against US defendant Amanda Knox for accusing an innocent man in her British flatmate’s 2007 murder.