Amanda Knox Page #7

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tell them to rape my roommate

and then let me stab her to death?

Or...

that a guy,

who regularly committed burglaries,

broke into my home...

found Meredith...

took advantage of her...

killed her...

and ran off?

A burglary gone wrong.

[Giuliano in Italian] It has been said to

me it could have been no one but Rudy.

It's him, and only him.

Well, I don't think that's very fair.

[Dr. Conti] We absolutely cannot speak

about the figure of Rudy Guede.

What happened inside that room

between Guede and poor Meredith

wasn't part of the job assigned to me

by the Court of Appeals of Perugia.

I do feel compelled

to say something Cicero once said...

"Any man is liable to make mistakes...

but only the fool

perseveres in error."

[interviewer] Do you think you did

a good job defending Rudy?

Ask the others.

[interviewer] I don't understand.

Ask the others who had a better defense

if Rudy's defense was a good defense.

Rudy will be getting out shortly.

The others still have to face a trial.

[Giuliano] The decision is yours,

to try to bring justice

and defend the honor of this country,

which is a sovereign state.

[news anchor 1 in English]

Four years after the brutal murder

of British roommate Meredith Kercher,

it's all come down to this.

[news anchor 2] Outside the courthouse,

the world awaits.

Frenzied journalists from around the globe

all counting down the moments

until Amanda Knox's fate is revealed.

[news anchor 3]

Amanda is at the courthouse,

and will be brought into

the courtroom shortly,

where she will hear the verdict read.

[camera shutters clicking rapidly]

[in Italian]

In the name of the Italian people,

in review of the first trial verdict,

this Court of Appeals

absolves the two defendants

because they did not commit the crime,

and orders the immediate release

of Knox, Amanda and Sollecito, Raffaele.

[scattered cheering]

[reporters clamoring]

[crying]

[news anchor]

The 24-year-old Seattle native

collapsed in the arms of her lawyers

as her family,

all gathered in the courtroom,

swept each other up in their arms.

Outside the courthouse,

however, a different reaction.

Great disappointment among people out here

that Amanda Knox has been found not guilty

in the murder of Meredith Kercher.

[in Italian] It's a shame! Shut up!

[man] The court has said

that they are acquitted,

but there will be the Supreme Court!

Let's not give up! This is a shame!

[crowd chanting] Shame!

[news anchor] And breaking news tonight,

Amanda Knox finally home.

That was the plane

carrying her and her family.

This is actually a live picture now.

A crush of media and well-wishers

are waiting for her

at the Seattle-Tacoma Airport.

[reporter 1] There she is, there she is,

there she is, there she is, there she is.

[reporter 2] She's there.

[reporter 1] She's there.

[reporter 2] She's there.

[reporter 1] She's there.

[reporter 3] She is coming

down the stairs.

[reporter 1] She's coming down the stairs.

[reporter 3] She's coming down the stairs.

[reporter 1] Coming down the stairs.

What's important for me to say

is just thank you to everyone

who's believed in me...

[gasping] who has defended me,

who has supported my family.

[voice breaking] I just want...

My family's the most important thing

to me right now,

and I just wanna go and be with them.

So, thank you for being there for me.

[crowd cheering]

[Raffaele] When I went back home,

the first thing that I did

was stare in the fridge.

And I was looking at it

like something incredibly new,

like I was a primitive, uh, man.

I was free. I was joyful.

But all of a sudden,

I was, um, dramatically depressed again,

'cause I didn't know how to start again.

Everything was new.

I spent four years in prison,

six months in solitary.

How can I get used to this life

that I didn't want?

I was a simple computer guy.

Now everybody knows me.

They look at me on the street,

they ask me questions.

Uh, they treat me like a movie star,

when I'm not.

And I'm inside a tragedy still.

[reporter] Congratulations.

Congratulations, Amanda.

- Please leave me alone, please.

- [reporter chuckles] Welcome home.

Welcome home, Amanda.

Does it feel good to be home?

What did you miss most about Seattle?

[news anchor] It's really a matter of

what does she do with this newfound fame?

Does she write the book

and move on with her life?

Does she then try to go on

Dancing with the Stars?

That's where we're gonna really see

what her motivations are.

[reporter 1] What movie offers

have you received?

That's not our focus

at this point in time.

Our focus is her, uh, well-being.

[reporter 2] Are you aware that,

I suppose,

the longer you leave it, in a sense,

the less, you know, the less money

you're going to get ultimately?

What you mean is?

[reporter 2] Well, you're not such...

She's not such a hot property

on an interview term if you wait a month.

Um...

I'm not looking at her

as a hot property.

[Amanda] I really thought

that I was going to be okay.

But I wasn't the same person

to come back to Seattle.

The whole world knew

who I had ever had sex with.

Seven men.

And yet, I was some heinous whore.

Bestial and sex-obsessed and unnatural.

I'd get into a line at the grocery store

and the person behind me is like,

"Whoa!

It's you!

I know you!"

And I really wanna turn to them and say,

"Who the f*** are you?

And you don't know me."

You have to wonder what is it

that everyone really cares about?

But how entertaining.

[indistinct chatter]

[reporters clamoring]

[news anchor 1] Italy's top appeals court

is to rule today

on whether to uphold the conviction

of American Amanda Knox

and her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito

for the murder

of British student Meredith Kercher.

[news anchor 2] Amanda Knox's

Italian attorney this morning says,

"Amanda is worried

and has had a sleepless night.

Meredith Kercher's family

has made its wishes clear.

They are convinced of Amanda's guilt

and would like to see her imprisoned

back where this all began, in Italy."

[reporter in Italian] It's a countdown

to when the verdict should be read.

Phones had to be turned off

inside the courtroom.

They'll be turned on as soon

as the judge finishes reading,

and then we'll learn the sentence.

[man] Attention!

The news is that Raffaele Sollecito

and Amanda Knox have been exonerated.

- [woman gasps] Oh, my God! What?

- [man] Holy sh*t!

[all exclaiming and cheering]

[exclaims]

I know! This is crazy!

[laughing]

Raffaele?

[in Italian] We're free!

How are you?

I'm so happy for you.

I'm so happy for us.

[all shouting]

[cheering]

Much love and we'll talk soon.

Bye.

- [woman 1 in English] Oh, my God.

- [woman 2] Oh, my God!

[Arlene Kercher] The first reaction

was one of surprise. Uh...

They've had two convictions...

um...

and they've had two acquittals now.

It seems an awful long time

to get such a strange verdict.

Um, eight years.

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