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Graphic Scene Reportedly Pulled From Lifetime's Amanda Knox Movie
By Lisa Holewa - AOL NewsA Lifetime TV movie based on the trial of American student Amanda Knox, convicted of murdering her roommate in Italy, is scheduled to air Monday -- reportedly without a graphic scene of the victim in her bra, pinned down and screaming for help. The scene, which had been featured in the video trailer for "Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy" on Lifetime's website, has been cut from the final version, according to the U.K.'s The Sunday Telegraph, which screened the film. Lifetime publicity managers did not immediately respond to AOL News to confirm whether the scene had been cut from the ...
Knox's Parents Are Just the Latest to Run Afoul of Italy's Libel Laws
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsAmanda Knox's parents said today they will not stop fighting to clear her name, even though they themselves have not been indicted on criminal libel charges in Italy. Curt Knox and Edda Mellas, who could face prison time, e-mailed a statement to The Associated Press saying their "focus is unchanged" and "remains wholeheartedly with our daughter, her appeal, overturning her wrongful conviction and bringing her home." "I'd tell them not to ever go back to Italy," Seattle attorney Anne Bremner, a Knox family friend and founder of the Friends of Amanda organization, told AOL News today. ...
Italian Judge: Amanda Knox Parents Must Stand Trial for Libel
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsAn Italian judge has ordered the parents of Amanda Knox to stand trial for libel because they told a newspaper that their daughter had been mistreated during a police interrogation. The date set for the trial of Curt Knox and Edda Mellas is July 4, leading Italy's Corriere della Sera to say, "It will not be a good Fourth of July for them." Luca Bruno, AP Amanda Knox's parents, Edda Mellas and Curt Knox, shown here in December 2009, have been indicted on a libel charge in Perugia, Italy. "It's totally ridiculous," author Douglas Preston, a close friend of the Knox family, told AOL ...
Amanda Knox's Parents Indicted in Italy
By not in system - AOL NewsPERUGIA, Italy -- The parents of Amanda Knox, an American student convicted of murder in Italy, were ordered Tuesday to stand trial for alleging that Italian police abused their daughter, a lawyer and media reports said. Curt Knox and Edda Mellas were indicted in Perugia for libel, said the Italian news agency ANSA. Lawyer Luciano Ghirga confirmed the indictment and said trial was set for July 4. Luca Bruno, AP Amanda Knox's parents, Edda Mellas and Curt Knox, seen here in December 2009, were indicted for libel Tuesday in Perugia, Italy. He said the couple did not attend the ...
Amanda Knox Lawyers Seek to Stop Lifetime Film
By not in system - AOL NewsROME - Lawyers for U.S. student Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend, who were found guilty of killing Knox's British roommate in Italy, have formally demanded that U.S. television channel Lifetime scrap a planned film about their trial. Attornies Carlo Dalla Vedova and Luca Maori said Saturday they had sent letters to Lifetime warning they would go to U.S. court to try to sequester the film if it isn't canceled and a trailer removed from Lifetime's website. ...
TV Re-Enactment of Meredith Kercher's Murder Draws Parent's Ire
By not in system - AOL NewsLONDON - The father of slain British student Meredith Kercher on Friday harshly criticized a U.S. television re-enactment for including scenes of his daughter's murder. The Lifetime movie, due to air next month, is based on the trial that followed the stabbing death of Meredith Kercher on Nov. 1, 2007, a killing for which Kercher's roommate, University of Washington student Amanda Knox, was eventually found guilty. Italian police / AP An upcoming Lifetime movie is based on the trial that followed Meredith Kercher's murder in 2007. "Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy" has ...
Experts to Review Evidence at Knox Appeals Trial [VIDEO]
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Mom: Evidence Review in Amanda Knox Case a 'Big Deal'
By Lisa Flam - AOL NewsThe court ruling that went Amanda Knox's way this weekend was a huge relief for her mother, though she'll be spending another Christmas in Italy, where her 23-year-old daughter is in prison for murdering and sexually assaulting her roommate. An Italian judge Saturday agreed to proceed with an independent review of DNA evidence in the case against Knox, a college student from Seattle who was sentenced to 26 years in prison. She was convicted last year in the death of her British roommate, 21-year-old Meredith Kercher, whose throat was slit in 2007. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, ...
Italian Court Allows Review of DNA Evidence in Knox Case
By Hugh Collins - AOL NewsAn Italian judge is allowing independent experts to review DNA evidence used in the case against Amanda Knox, a significant victory in the 23-year-old's efforts to overturn her conviction for murder. The DNA in question was found on the bra clasp of victim Meredith Kercher as well as on a knife the prosecution says was used to stab her, according to The Associated Press. "Finally, a little bit of good news," Knox's mother Edda Mellas said. Knox was convicted in 2009 of sexually assaulting and killing her roommate Kercher, 21. She was sentenced to 26 years, along with her then-boyfriend, ...
Slain Woman's Dad Slams Amanda Knox, Family
By Dana Kennedy - AOL News
(Dec. 3) -- The parents of Amanda Knox reacted swiftly today to an angry and impassioned article written by the father of Meredith Kercher criticizing them for never expressing condolences for the death of his daughter. John Kercher, a veteran freelance journalist, also said it is agonizing to relive his daughter's murder over and over again in the media and left no doubt that he firmly believes in Knox's guilt. In response, Curt Knox and his ex-wife, Edda Mellas, issued a statement expressing sympathy for the Kerchers and explaining that they've never reached out personally to them because ...
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