Amanda Knox has revealed why she decided to contact and meet the Italian prosecutor who put her behind bars for a murder she did not commit. 

In 2007, British exchange student, Meredith Kercher, was found dead in the home she shared with Ms Knox in Perugia, Italy. 

Ms Knox and her boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, were arrested, charged with her murder and convicted two-years later. 

In 2011, the verdicts were overturned and they were quashed by Italy’s top appeals court in 2015. 

Another man, Rudy Guede, was convicted in a separate trial of Ms Kercher’s murder. 

Speaking on The Pat Kenny Show, Ms Knox said she is still grappling with the traumatic events of her time in Italy and has written a book, Free: My Search for Meaning, about her prison. 

The book explains why, as part of the healing process, she decided to reach out to the prosecutor who had sent her to jail back in 2009. 

“I had him in my mind as this boogie man as this person who had ruined my life for no reason,” she said. 

“But I also knew that wasn’t a true vision of who this man was. Nor did it give me any sense of understanding of why this was my life, why did it happen to me. 

“Why did he look at a 20-year-old traumatised girl and see a monster? 

“And why did he pursue a case against me when very clear evidence came in, fairly early on, that indicated who had committed this crime?” 

Ms Knox hoped if they met outside of a courtroom, he might truly understand who she was.

“Could he see that I was not the person that he thought he was prosecuting?” she said. 

“I really hoped that if he did, he might then proclaim it from the rooftops and I would be free and I would be okay.” 

The future of journalism

Since her acquittal, Ms Knox has worked as a journalist and podcaster, often focusing on issues relating to criminal justice. 

Once nicknamed ‘Foxy Knoxy’ and the focus of lurid tabloid speculation about her sex life, she has thought long and hard about why so much journalism is of poor quality. 

“Media is at a crisis point,” she said. 

“The economics don’t make sense; we don’t have the ability to investigate stories the way we used to. 

“So, we’re constantly relying on oftentimes tabloid media to provide us with sources and it’s just a mess. 

“I think as consumers of media, we should be wary of when a story appears to us with heroes and victims and villains and nothing in between.” 

I love the Irish! Thanks for making my book #7 on https://t.co/xH6t2ZYMyU

As for the British...I hope you can one day let go of the tabloids lies & see my humanity. For now, I kindly ask @AmazonUK to remove my book from the list of "Murderer biographies." pic.twitter.com/3WOE5xxsYK

— Amanda Knox (@amandaknox) April 12, 2025

Given her experience at the hands of the press, Mc Knox urged people to consider the agenda of the media they consume. 

“Oftentimes, there is already a spin to the conversation before the conversation is even had,” she said. 

“I think really responsible journalism doesn’t just arrive with a conclusion before you’ve had the conversation. 

“It’s something that I am always thinking about.” 

Free: My Search for Meaning is Ms Knox’s second memoir.

Main image: Amanda Knox. Image by: Newstalk.