.Amanda and Rafaela Questioned
Police questioned Amanda and Rafaela several times over the next several days and on November 6, authorities arrested Amanda and Rafaela taking them to are the police station where police held Knox for five days. During the time at the station, police observed Knox doing some very bizarre activities. For example, at one point, authorities allowed Knox to sit on Sollecito’s lap and authorities observe him kissing and hugging on her. In her memoir, Knox claims this behavior was not odd, but just Soilecito’s way of trying to calm her down. At another point, seated across the table from each other Rafaela and Amanda are making faces at each other. Amanda insists that these behaviors were not odd, because she had so many emotions going on that she was not accountable for her actions, especially since she realized how close she could have come to dying if she had been in the apartment with Margaret. Police were especially concerned because upon hearing of Margaret’s death, Amanda seemed strangely quiet, while Rafaela seemed extremely loud and confused. They also found it bizarre that Amanda did cartwheels in the police station and that she paced excessively when authorities took her to be fingerprinted.
Alleged Sexual Abuse by Police
One allegation that Amanda made while at the station was that police sexually abused and raped her while at the station. She reports this was especially true of Deputy Commander Raffaele Agiro. Knox claims that Agiro took her into late night meetings and repeatedly questioned her about her lovers. Amanda claims that this officer was fixated on sex. Soon after Knox’s release, Agiro retired, and then was put on trial for his behavior while working at the Capanne prison after a M...
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...peals trial for Amanda and Rafaela opens in Perugia. During this trial, lawyers manage to disprove much of the original DNA evidence proving that it was contaminated. This court overturns the lower court’s decision. Almost a year after this trial starts, on October 3, 2011, the court turns Amanda and Rafaela free. Authorities find Amanda guilty of slander against Diya “Patrick” Lumumba and sentence her to time served and to pay Lumumba $29,000. On paper, authorities increase her time from one year to just over three years, but she had already served the time and released.
Amanda Leaves Italy
It took Amanda only two hours from the time that she was set free by the court to leave the prison where she had spent the last three years. She quickly traveled back to Seattle, Washington, by first catching a flight to Rome, where her mother was waiting for her with open arms.
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