Amanda Knox reveals if she sees a way forward with Meredith KercherThe family after being arrested wrong for killing her former roommate.
During an exclusive interview with US Weekly For her memoir Free: My search for meaning, The 37 -year -old Knox revealed where he was with Kercher’s relatives.
“Both of her parents have passed. Her mother had a heart disease, even then. I remember that one of the things that Meredith told me is that she is in a very, very common contact with her mother because she has a heart disease and has concerns about her health,” Know recalled. “So she eventually went because of this condition – but then, too, her father died very tragically. Suddenly he was walking his neighborhood and hit a car.”
Knox acknowledged how Kercher’s family faces even more tragedy Since the death of a student on the stock exchangeAdding: “The rest of her family is her two brothers and sister. I have no idea what her brothers think of me. I know that her sister has spoken very publicly to her regret that Meredith is lost throughout this story.”
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Kerher and Knox trails passed in 2007 when they lived abroad in Italy together. Later that year Knox was accused of killing Kerher and Sentenced to 26 years in prison After she and the then friendship Raffaele Sollecito Both were convicted of the crime, despite the lack of evidence.
At that time, the Court of Appeal acknowledged that the former couple was not guilty in 2011, but they were again found guilty three years later during re -consideration. The Italian Supreme Court cleared Knox of Kerher’s murder in 2015 and She was blamed.
Migrant Rudy Gurede was sentenced in 2008 to 30 years for Kercher’s murder after DNA was identified at the scene. Later his sentence was reduced and he was released from prison in November 2021.
“This is something I am talking about in my book about how her death intertwines with my identity. If you ever hear any news about her case, it is usually with a title that has my name, not hers,” Know told to USA for the consequences of the high profile case. “I am also a harmful agreement with them about how unfair and wrong it is. So I have the feeling that there is a very common basis, as well as many opportunities.”
Knox acknowledged She remained hope About a new beginning with Kercher’s relatives.
“I still really hope to have the opportunity to visit Meredith’s grave – but I don’t want to do it without their blessing, because I understand that Meredith first belongs to them,” she continued. “Although I have a special kind of connection with her – literally, because her death is intertwined with my identity – I really hesitate to be very direct to talk to them.”
The priority for the Knox respects Kercher and her family, saying, “You have to be careful because who knows what traumas they could associate with my identity, which are not my fault-but they are very real about them. I was known from the back-channel and I would like to communicate with them. But I am not trying to press them in any way.
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Knox’s complex feelings of being thrown into the spotlight with her misconduct – and the process of trying to make peace with the scandal – is the subject of her memoir Free: My search for meaningS The book, which is now out, follows the Knox from the day he was arrested in her current life as a mother of two and an advocate for reforming criminal justice.
Although faced with the reverse reaction to the use of her experience to talk about the rights of the wrongly convicted, Knox stands firmly.
“What happened to Meredith is horrifying and traumatic and completely valid. Also, what happened to me is terrifying and traumatic and completely valid. So when I talk about my experience, I only take my property and I do not take away from hers in any way,” said Knox with USAS “If I’m not trying to shed light on hers, because he constantly filters through my experience. So as I appreciate that it can be confusing because the story you have been fed in the course of your young life is that I am a villain and therefore everything I do is at the expense of Meredith – it’s really a lie.
She continued: “I really try to sympathize with this perspective because I write in my book that I have my own guilt of survivors. Why did I manage to survive in my misconduct or my experience abroad, and she doesn’t? Fight for mine and no one can tell me that I don’t matter.”
Free: My search for meaning has already come out and I continue to scroll to break Kercher’s men’s Kercher on Knox and how she uses her memoir to pay tribute:
Concluding peace with the past
Knox did not return to Italy for nearly a decade After her misconductS In 2019, she returned to speak at the Criminal Justice Festival, which allowed her to review the home she shared with Kercher.
“Meredith is an integral part of my life. But I think this is because I have never had the chance to mourn it. While I quickly learned freedom, many people thought I had no right to mourn Meredith. They believed that I had something to do with her murder or that Meredith was forgotten as a result of my trials.” “Anyway, Meredith and I were inextricably linked, and so in some way was a more injustice that I lived while she was killed. For these voice critics, the only worthy path for me was to disappear and to be lucky to be alive.”
KNOX Admitted That She “Never Wanted” the “Burden” of upholding Kercher’s Memory, Adding, “(It is) One That’s Especialy Awkward Considering That I Really Didn’t Know Meredith Got to Know Her, AS BRIEFLY AS I DID, for who she was wa, and not, Like the Many Millions Who Know Her Name, Merly in the Context of Her Murder. Own Victimization.
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Dealing with criticism
Despite the trip to Modena, which celebrates a new start, Knox called the Kerher Family Lawyer, Francesco MareskaTo call her her return “inappropriate.” Knox pointed to Mareska as a “joke” for the public statements he made for her – but she doesn’t make a mistake Kercher’s family.
“I do not blame the Kerchers for the attitude of their lawyer. Like many grieving families in such cases, they were told a soothing lie from the prosecutor’s office and their lawyers,” she wrote in her book. “It was extremely disappointing to be accused of injuring Kerher’s family again by talking about my wrongful conviction and trying to use my experience to draw attention to the problems that affect tens of thousands of people.”
I try to reach out
John Kerher -Sr., John Kercher, Jr., Stephanie Kercher, Lyle Kercher and Arlin Kerher.
Mirror/megaIn his memoir, Knox said that “should have been allies” with the Kerchers, as they were both “victims” of Guede and the Italian justice system. She revealed she had reached for Kercher’s family several times over the years through different channels.
“I am not inclined to press more than that, because I understand how painful the idea for me should be, especially if they still think I have something to do with the murder of Meredith,” she added. “But whether they realize it or not, we have always been on the same country.”
Confession
Knox mentioned Kerher at the end of her memoir, wrote: “On Meredith (RIP), whose heritage will never stop worshiping, and her family, because I still hope one day we will share our grief.”
