Amanda Knox: Murder On Trial In Italy Page #7

IN ITALY.

WE'LL CERTAINLY

LOOK INTO THAT.

AS JESUIT HONOR STUDENT

AMANDA KNOX:

LANGUISHES IN A PERUGIAN JAIL

FOR A CRIME:

SHE SAYS SHE DIDN'T COMMIT,

IT NOW APPEARS SHE'S NOT

THE ONLY ONE IN THE HOT SEAT.

IN A TWIST THAT MOST AMERICANS

WOULD FIND UNBELIEVABLE,

WE'VE DISCOVERED THE CHIEF

PROSECUTOR, GIULIANO MIGNINI,

IS HIMSELF UNDER INDICTMENT

FOR INTIMIDATION

AND ILLEGAL WIRETAPPING

IN A DECADES-OLD

SERIAL-MURDER CASE.

[ REPORTER SPEAKING ITALIAN ]

[ REPORTERS

SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGES ]

American reporter: MIGNINI,

OUTSPOKEN AND POLITICAL,

HAS MADE HIS SHARE OF ENEMIES

OVER THE YEARS.

IT'S RUBBISH!

COMPLETE RUBBISH!

THEY'RE TRYING TO SAVE

THEIR DAUGHTER:

BY DESTROYING MY REPUTATION.

IT'S OUTRAGEOUS.

GIULIANO,

IT'S A SMOKE SCREEN.

AN ACT OF DESPERATION.

YOU KNOW THAT.

DID I FALSELY ACCUSE

AN INNOCENT MAN?

OR LIE TO THE POLICE

ABOUT MY ALIBI?

OR LEAVE MY BLOODY FOOTPRINTS

AND DNA AT THE CRIME SCENE?

DO CARTWHEELS?

OR TRY TO SCRUB MY GUILT AWAY

WITH BLEACH?

WHAT DID I DO?

I DID MY JOB.

AND I'M NOT GOING TO LE THIS CASE BE TRIED

BY AMERICAN TV REPORTERS

AND BLOGGERS!

THIS CASE IS GOING TO BE TRIED

IN A COURT OF LAW.

Reporter:
THERE IS A CHILL IN

THE AUTUMN AIR HERE IN PERUGIA

AS RUDY GUEDE ARRIVES IN COURT

TO RECEIVE THE VERDICT

IN HIS FAST-TRACK TRIAL.

ALSO HERE ARE THE EX-LOVERS

AMANDA KNOX:

AND RAFFAELE SOLLECITO.

FOXY KNOXY SWEPT INTO COURT

LIKE AN INVITEE TO A GALA EVENT.

SHE WAVED AND SMILED

AT FRIENDS AND REPORTERS

AS SHE SAT BEFORE JUDGE MICHELI,

WHO WILL DECIDE LATER TODAY

IF THERE IS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

TO SEND HER TO TRIAL

FOR THE BRUTAL MURDER

OF MEREDITH KERCHER.

[ TAPPING ON MICROPHONE ]

IN THE NAME:

OF THE ITALIAN PEOPLE,

THIS COURT DECLARES...

RUDY HERMANN GUEDE GUILTY

OF THE MURDER:

OF MEREDITH KERCHER

AND SEXUAL ASSAULT.

SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS.

AMANDA KNOX:

AND RAFFAELE SOLLECITO

WILL BE TRIED FOR MURDER,

SEXUAL ASSAULT,

THEFT,

AND TRANSPORTATION OF A KNIFE.

WHAT?

NO.

WHAT?

[ CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING ]

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS,

CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING ]

Mignini:

THIS CASE IS LIKE A PUZZLE.

WHILE INDIVIDUAL PIECES

CAN BE PICKED APART,

PUT TOGETHER,

THERE IS A COMPELLING PICTURE

OF GUILT.

ON THE ONE HAND,

WE HAVE THE VICTIM,

MEREDITH KERCHER --

A STUDIOUS YOUNG WOMAN

WHO WAS SOON TO RETURN TO LONDON

FOR HER MOTHER'S BIRTHDAY.

ON THE OTHER,

WE HAVE AMANDA KNOX...

A NARCISSISTIC, AGGRESSIVE,

AND MANIPULATIVE YOUNG WOMAN

WHO HARBORED A HATRED

FOR MEREDITH.

NOW, IN HER DESIRE TO RETALIATE,

AMANDA ENLISTED THE SERVICES

OF TWO YOUNG MEN

WHO WERE VYING TO IMPRESS HER --

RAFFAELE SOLLECITO,

HER SMITTEN, WEAK-WILLED LOVER,

AND DRIFTER RUDY GUEDE.

NOW, EACH OF

THESE THREE INDIVIDUALS

MAY HAVE BEEN HARMLESS

ON THEIR OWN,

BUT LIKE CERTAIN CHEMICALS

WHEN MIXED TOGETHER,

THEY PRODUCED A CATACLYSMIC

REACTION OF BLOOD AND HORROR.

Arline:
MEREDITH'S DEATH

WAS UNREAL IN MANY WAYS,

AND IT STILL IS.

I STILL LOOK FOR HER.

IT'S NOT JUST HER DEATH...

BUT THE NATURE OF IT.

THE BRUTALITY, THE VIOLENCE...

...THE GREAT SORROW

IT BROUGHT FOR EVERYONE.

IT'S SUCH A SHOCK TO SEND

YOUR DAUGHTER AWAY TO SCHOOL

AND NOT HAVE HER COME BACK.

WE WILL NEVER...

[Sobbing]

NEVER GET OVER THIS.

[ SPECTATORS MURMURING ]

Mignini:
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE

THE RELATIONSHIP

BETWEEN MEREDITH AND AMANDA?

Filomena:
AT FIRST,

THEY GOT ON VERY WELL,

IN PART BECAUSE:

I THINK.

BUT THEN THINGS BEGAN

TO TAKE A DIFFERENT COURSE.

BY THE END OF OCTOBER,

THERE WAS TENSION.

TENSION OVER WHAT?

MEREDITH COMPLAINED

THAT AMANDA BROUGHT STRANGE MEN

BACK TO THE HOUSE.

SHE DIDN'T FEEL HER --

DID HER SHARE OF CLEANING.

AND SHE WAS ALSO UPSET

THAT AMANDA LEFT CONDOMS

AND A VIBRATOR:

IN A TRANSPARENT BAG

IN THE BATHROOM THEY SHARED.

MAN, FILOMENA

REALLY TURNED ON ME

IN HER TESTIMONY TODAY,

HUH?

MM.

I NEVER DID ANYTHING

TO HURT HER.

YOU ONLY LIVED THERE

TWO MONTHS.

I MEAN,

SHE BARELY KNEW YOU.

YEAH,

I MISS MY FRIENDS BACK HOME.

WHAT ABOUT RAFFAELE?

THE THING WITH RAFFAELE

COULD'VE BEEN SOMETHING SPECIAL,

BUT WE JUST:

NEVER GOT THE CHANCE.

BUT WE'RE STILL FRIENDS.

HE'S GONNA COME VISIT US

IN SEATTLE WHEN WE GET OUT.

[ REPORTERS TALKING

INDISTINCTLY ]

[ CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING ]

Guard:
BACK UP.

Mignini:
MR. RINALDI...

YOU OWN A CLOTHING BOUTIQUE

HERE IN TOWN, CORRECT?

IT'S CALLED BUBBLES.

ON NOVEMBER 3rd,

DID THE ACCUSED COME IN

TO YOUR STORE?

YES.

THEY BOUGHT SOME LINGERIE.

AND DID AMANDA KNOX SAY ANYTHING

TO RAFFAELE SOLLECITO

DURING THIS TIME?

YES.

SHE SAID TO HIM,

"I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU HOME

FOR SOME WILD SEX TONIGHT."

SO, ON NOVEMBER 3rd,

WHILE HER MURDERED ROOMMATE'S

MEMORIAL:

WAS BEING HELD IN PERUGIA,

MS. KNOX'S MAIN CONCERN

WAS BUYING SEXY LINGERIE

AND MAKING LOVE.

Reporter:

COULD YOU TALK, PLEASE,

ABOUT THE LINGERIE

SHOPPING SPREE?

Edda:
NO.

AMANDA ONLY WENT TO THAT STORE

BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T HAVE

ANY CLOTHES.

THE POLICE SEALED OFF

HER APARTMENT,

A-AND SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING

TO WEAR.

AND HOW DO YOU RESPOND

TO ALLEGATIONS:

SHE WAS DOING CARTWHEELS

IN THE POLICE STATION?

LOOK, AMANDA'S AMANDA.

SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN

A UNIQUE GIRL.

A LOT OF KIDS:

WANT TO CONFORM,

BUT SHE WAS ALWAYS

JUST WHO SHE IS:

AND NEVER WORRIED ABOUT IT.

Reporter:
AND NOW?

SHE'S GROWN UP A LOT.

[ SPEAKING ITALIAN ]

I DON'T SPEAK ITALIAN.

I'M SO SORRY.

Mignini:
CAN YOU TELL THE COUR WHAT YOU DID

ON THE EVENING:

OF NOVEMBER 1, 2007?

YES. RAFFAELE AND I

WERE AT HIS APARTMENT.

AND, UH...

WE READ A LITTLE,

LISTENED TO SOME MUSIC.

AND THEN WE WATCHED

THE MOVIE "AMLIE"

A LITTLE LATER:

ON HIS COMPUTER.

YOU ALSO CALLED YOUR MOTHER

THAT DAY,

AT 3:
00 A.M. SEATTLE TIME.

ACTUALLY,

I DON'T REMEMBER DOING THAT.

I CALLED HER LATER,

WHEN THEY WERE BREAKING

MEREDITH'S DOOR DOWN.

NO, NO, NO.

THE EARLIER CALL

IS IMPORTANT.

BECAUSE AT 3:
00 A.M.

IN SEATTLE,

IT WAS NOON IN PERUGIA.

NOTHING HAD HAPPENED YET.

THE POLICE HADN'T ARRIVED.

THE DOOR HAD NOT BEEN

BROKEN DOWN.

MEREDITH'S BODY

HAD NOT BEEN DISCOVERED.

WHY DID YOU FEEL THE NEED

TO WAKE YOUR MOTHER UP

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT?

I DIDN'T CALL HER EARLIER.

ACCORDING TO YOUR MOTHER'S

EARLIER TESTIMONY...

AND THIS PHONE RECORD...

YOU DID.

OKAY, FINE.

THEN I DID CALL HER,

BUT I DON'T REMEMBER.

EARLIER YOU HEARD

MARCO VITELLO TESTIFY

THAT YOU ENTERED HIS SHOP

ON THE MORNING:

OF NOVEMBER 2nd AT 7:45 A.M.

AND WENT DIRECTLY TO

THE CLEANING SUPPLY SECTION.

HOW DO YOU RESPOND

TO THAT?

I WAS ASLEEP AT THAT TIME.

HE MUST BE MISTAKEN.

HE IDENTIFIED YOU IN COURT.

HE SAID:

HE WAS SURE IT WAS YOU.

WELL, I'VE BEEN IN THAT STORE

SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE.

HE JUST MUST'VE

MIXED UP THE DATES.

MOVING ON TO THE DATE

OF NOVEMBER 6th...

YOU'VE ASSERTED

THAT YOU WERE PHYSICALLY STRUCK

DURING YOUR INTERROGATION.

PLEASE,

CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT?

UM, THE ROOM WAS CROWDED.

AND EVERYONE WAS

ASKING ME QUESTIONS.

THEY WERE ALL MOVING AROUND.

AND THEN THE INTERPRETER

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