Amanda Knox: Murder On Trial In Italy Page #6

YEAH.

MEREDITH'S FRIEND,

MEREDITH'S FRIEND

YEAH. YEAH.

WANNA GET HIGH?

WANNA GET HIGH?

YEAH. YEAH.

[ MID-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS ]

[ RUDY SINGING

IN AFRICAN DIALECT ]

[ REPORTER SPEAKING ITALIAN ]

YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO KNOW

THAT RUDY GUEDE:

IS NOW IN ITALIAN CUSTODY.

GOOD.

HAVE THEY QUESTIONED HIM YET?

BRIEFLY.

HE SAID HE HAD CONSENSUAL SEX

WITH MEREDITH:

AND THEN:

HE WENT TO THE BATHROOM.

WHEN HE CAME BACK,

HE SAW A STRANGE MAN

WITH A BLOODY KNIFE

STANDING OVER MEREDITH.

HE ALSO TOLD POLICE

THAT AMANDA WASN'T INVOLVED.

[ CHUCKLES ]

THANK GOD.

OKAY.

SO, WHEN DO THEY RELEASE HER?

Woman:
MR. LUMUMBA,

WHY DO YOU THINK AMANDA KNOX

FALSELY INCRIMINATED YOU?

I DON'T REALLY KNOW.

BUT I DON'T THINK SHE'S EVIL.

TO BE EVIL,

YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SOUL.

AMANDA DOESN'T.

SHE'S EMPTY, DEAD INSIDE.

Doctor:

WE HAVE THE OFFICIAL RESULTS

ON YOUR H.I.V. TEST.

NEGATIVO.

NEGATIVE?

MM-HMM.

ARE YOU SURE IT'S NEGATIVE?

WELL, THEY RETESTED THE SAMPLE

THREE TIMES.

WELL,

HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN?

YOU SAID THAT BEFORE

I WAS POSITIVE.

WELL,

IT WAS A FALSE POSITIVE.

IT HAPPENS SOMETIMES.

SOMETIMES?

SOMETIMES?! THIS IS MY LIFE

THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

I MEAN, ARE YOU TRYING TO

MAKE ME LOSE MY MIND?!

IS THAT:

WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO?!

SCUSI?

NO, DON'T TOUCH ME!

YOU'RE SICK!

THIS WHOLE COUNTRY,

THE POLICE, THE PRESS --

YOU'RE ALL SICK!

[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]

IT'S BEEN WEEKS AND WEEKS.

THEY ALREADY HAVE THE MAN

WHO DID THIS.

WHY IS MY DAUGHTER

STILL IN JAIL?

THERE ARE:

SOME COMPLICATIONS.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN,

COMPLICATIONS?

BASED ON THE AUTOPSY RESULTS,

THE PROSECUTION BELIEVES

GUEDE DID NOT ACT ALONE.

THEY THINK:

HE HAD ACCOMPLICES.

BUT RUDY ALREADY SAID

THAT THEY WEREN'T THERE.

HE'S CHANGED HIS STORY.

Giordano:
HE SAYS HE MET UP WITH

MEREDITH AT A HALLOWEEN PARTY.

HE'S NOW CLAIMING

THAT AMANDA AND RAFFAELE

WERE AT THE COTTAGE

ON THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER.

SHE INVITED HIM OVER

THE NEXT NIGHT FOR A DATE.

WHILE THEY WERE KISSING,

RUDY SUDDENLY GOT

STOMACH CRAMPS.

[ GROANS ]

[ SPEAKS ITALIAN ]

HE WAS ON THE TOILET

LISTENING TO HIS iPod

WHEN HE HEARD:

A LOUD SCREAM.

[ MEREDITH SCREAMS ]

HE CAME OUT TO FIND A MAN

HE DESCRIBES AS RAFFAELE

WITH A BLOODY KNIFE.

MEREDITH?

MEREDITH! NO!

MEREDITH!

OH, DEAR!

[ GASPING ]

HE TRIED TO SAVE MEREDITH

BUT COULDN'T.

[ SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY ]

THEN HE LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW

AND SAW A WOMAN:

HE DESCRIBED AS AMANDA.

HIS STORY:

IS ABSOLUTELY LUDICROUS.

HE'S ONLY TRYING

TO SAVE HIS OWN SKIN.

HE RAPED THAT GIRL,

AND THEN HE KILLED HER.

I MEAN,

HOW CAN MIGNINI BELIEVE

THE WORD OF THIS DRUG DEALER

OVER MY DAUGHTER?

THE CASE IS STILL

UNDER INVESTIGATION.

THERE'S STILL

A LONG WAY TO GO.

EXCUSE ME, MR. GIORDANO.

I MEAN, NO OFFENSE.

BUT THIS SYSTEM:

THAT YOU HAVE OVER HERE

IS ABSOLUTELY INSANE.

HOW LONG?

WELL, APPARENTLY,

THE JUDGES --

MORE THAN A DOZEN JUDGES

HAVE TO REVIEW THE EVIDENCE

BEFORE THEY DECIDE IF

THE PROSECUTION EVEN HAS A CASE.

AND AT ANY POINT

ALONG THE WAY,

THE WHOLE THING:

COULD BE THROWN OUT.

MOM, HOW LONG?

HOW LONG?

ALL IN ALL,

IT COULD TAKE UP TO A YEAR.

A YEAR?

MM-HMM.

A YEAR?

MM-HMM.

MOM, I'VE BEEN IN HERE

FOR TWO MONTHS ALREADY.

I SHOULD BE:

BACK IN COLLEGE.

I SHOULD BE BACK IN SEATTLE

AND MOVING ON WITH MY LIFE,

NOT SITTING HERE

ROTTING IN AN ITALIAN JAIL

FOR SOMETHING:

THAT I DIDN'T DO.

I KNOW, HONEY, BUT...

THEY'VE GOT

THEIR OWN SYSTEM HERE,

AND WE MAY NOT:

AGREE WITH IT.

WE MAY NOT EVEN:

UNDERSTAND IT,

BUT...WE HAVE TO TRUST THEM

TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

WE'RE GONNA GET THROUGH THIS,

AMANDA.

YOU ARE OUR CHILD.

AND YOUR FATHER AND I

WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN

TO SEE YOU THROUGH THIS.

EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING.

OKAY?

DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

YEAH.

ALL OVER:

THE VICTIM'S BEDROOM.

IT WAS ALSO ON HER BRA,

HER HANDBAG,

HER SHIRT,

AND INSIDE HER BODY.

WE IDENTIFIED AMANDA'S DNA

MIXED WITH MEREDITH'S BLOOD

IN FIVE LOCATIONS

IN THE FLAT.

THIS BLOOD SMEAR

ON THE BATHROOM FAUCET

CONTAINED MEREDITH'S BLOOD

MIXED WITH AMANDA'S BLOOD.

THIS IS:

THE KNIFE WE CONFISCATED

FROM RAFFAELE'S

KITCHEN DRAWER.

AND WE IDENTIFIED AMANDA'S DNA

ON THE HANDLE:

AND MEREDITH'S DNA

ON THE TIP OF THE BLADE.

SO AMANDA PUT THE KNIFE

TO MEREDITH'S THROAT,

KEEPING HER UNDER CONTROL.

RAFFAELE HELD HER DOWN

WHILE RUDY RAPED HER.

MEREDITH FOUGHT BACK.

AMANDA PLUNGED THE KNIFE

INTO HER NECK, KILLING HER.

THIS IS:

A PLAUSIBLE THEORY.

THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THA

THE LEVELS OF MEREDITH'S DNA

ON THE KNIFE WERE EXTREMELY LOW.

HOW LOW?

LESS THAN FIVE CELLS.

YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE

WHAT THE AMERICANS CALL

A SMOKING GUN,

BUT IF YOU ADD:

ALL THE EVIDENCE TOGETHER,

I THINK YOU HAVE

EVERYTHING YOU NEED

TO CONVICT THEM ALL.

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING,

CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING ]

ANYTHING TO SAY:

AT ALL?

[ SPEAKING ITALIAN ]

FORENSIC RESULTS HAVE CONFIRMED

THAT THE THREE PEOPLE

RESPONSIBLE:

FOR THIS UNSPEAKABLE ORGY

OF DEATH:

ARE AMANDA KNOX,

RAFFAELE SOLLECITO,

AND RUDY GUEDE.

DO YOU HAVE A MOTIVE?

THE VICTIM:

WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED,

WHICH LEADS US TO BELIEVE

THAT IT STARTED:

AS SOME SORT OF SEX GAME.

HOW COULD THIS YOUNG GIRL

COMMIT SUCH A VIOLENT CRIME?

WELL, UNDER THE ANGEL FACE

EXISTS A VERY DISTURBED GIRL.

AMANDA LIES WITHOUT CONSCIENCE.

SHE DOES CARTWHEELS

AND BUYS LINGERIE

WHILE HER ROOMMATE LIES DEAD

IN THE MORGUE.

SHE HAS NO TRACE OF EMPATHY

FOR MEREDITH OR ANYONE ELSE.

I BELIEVE SHE'S CAPABLE

OF ANYTHING,

INCLUDING MURDER.

GRAZIE.

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

Curt:
AMANDA IS A HARD-WORKING,

ATHLETIC HONOR STUDENT --

NOT THIS SEX-CRAZED FOXY KNOXY

CHARACTER THEY'VE CONCOCTED.

THE PAPERS ARE CALLING HER

A DIABOLICAL VIXEN.

IT'S -- IT'S A TOTAL,

ABSOLUTE FABRICATION.

TRIAL BY MEDIA.

IT CAN GET PRETTY VICIOUS.

I MEAN, THIS PHOTO HERE --

THIS WAS TAKEN:

AT A MUSEUM IN GERMANY

WHILE AMANDA:

WAS VISITING HER AUNT.

HER AUNT.

AND WHERE'S THE OTHER ONE?

"FOXY KNOXY"?

THIS IS A CHILDHOOD NICKNAME

THAT SHE HAD:

FROM PLAYING SOCCER

WHEN SHE WAS 8 YEARS OLD.

WHAT KID DOESN'T?

"FOXY KNOXY DETAILS

HER MANY LOVERS IN ITALY"?

THE PRISON DOCTOR

TOLD AMANDA SHE HAD AIDS.

HE ASKED HER TO MAKE A LIST

OF HER SEXUAL PARTNERS,

AND WHEN SHE COMPLIED --

LET ME GUESS.

THE LIST WAS SOMEHOW LEAKED

TO THE PRESS?

YES.

HOW CAN THEY DO THAT?

I MEAN, HOW CAN THEY

JUST EXPOSE HER PERSONAL LIFE

TO THE WHOLE WORLD?

PUBLIC RELATIONS IS

ALL ABOUT CREATING AN IMAGE,

AND WHOEVER CONTROLS

THAT IMAGE WINS.

IF THIS THING GOES TO TRIAL,

SHE COULD BE FOUND GUILTY BEFORE

SHE EVEN STEPS FOOT IN COURT.

WE'RE NOT RICH,

BUT WE CONTACTED YOU

BECAUSE WE WANT TO FIGHT BACK.

WE NEED TO FIGHT BACK,

FOR AMANDA.

A LOT OF OUR WORK WILL BE DONE

THROUGH THE AMERICAN MEDIA.

WE NEED TO GET THIS STORY

ON THE TALK SHOW CIRCUIT,

INTO MAINSTREAM MAGAZINES,

NEWSPAPER INTERVIEWS.

OKAY, UH, WELL...

I GUESS WE'LL DO

WHATEVER YOU NEED US TO, RIGHT?

THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE

THAT MIGHT HELP.

THE PROSECUTOR:

ON OUR DAUGHTER'S CASE

IS UNDER INDICTMENT

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