Amanda Knox Says Studying Abroad Is ‘Awesome’ In Tongue-in-Cheek Response to Viral Article
Robert Young
Updated on February 03, 2026
Amanda Knox was improperly sentenced for killing her flat mate when she was concentrating on abroad in Italy
It appears to be that 14 years after her (first) illegitimate homicide conviction in Italy, Amanda Knox can chuckle about the experience that saved her in an Italian jail for almost four years.
In light of a questionable, viral article in Insider — named “I’m a NYU understudy who studied abroad in Florence. I abhorred each part of my semester abroad” — Knox, 35, tweeted: “Young lady, what are you referring to? Concentrating abroad is magnificent!” Her clever tweet grabbed the eye of many, including Merriam-Webster, who answered with the meaning of “spit take.”
At the point when Knox was 20 years of age, she was concentrating on abroad in Italy and living with three ladies in an Italian estate.
While there, she met Raffaele Sollecito, who turned into her sweetheart at that point. On Nov. 2, 2007, one of her flat mates — 21-year-old Meredith Kercher, who was an English understudy concentrating abroad — was seen as severely wounded to death in her room.In December of that year, 20-year-old vagabond Rudy Guede was captured regarding Kercher’s homicide and rape.
As per CNN, Guede conceded to engaging in sexual relations with Kercher yet denied killing her. Guede, Knox and Sollecito were undeniably indicted, and Knox was condemned to 26 years in jail.
As per BBC News, the preliminary depended vigorously on the examiners’ cases that on the night Kercher was killed, Knox, Sollecito and Guede all showed up at the home together, and keeping in mind that Guede went to the restroom, Knox and Sollecito went into Kercher’s room where an “contention and a fight broke out” after Kercher “wouldn’t participate in a medication filled sex game.”
Girl, what are you talking about? Studying abroad is awesome!
— Amanda Knox (@amandaknox) March 15, 2023
Investigators then, at that point, guaranteed that Guede went into the room and physically attacked Kercher, then, at that point, Guede and Sollecito held Kercher down as Knox cut her to death, BBC News reports. All through the thrilling preliminary and the requests cycle that followed, Knox generally guaranteed she and Sollecito were guiltless.
In October 2011, Knox and Sollecito’s homicide convictions were upset, CNN reports, and they were let out of jail. Knox got back to the US, yet her legitimate difficulties didn’t end there.
In September 2013, Knox and Sollecito were retried for the homicide — consistently keeping up with their honesty — and in January 2014, they were both sentenced once more. At last, in Walk 2015, the convictions were by and by toppled and the case was formally shut following an extensive eight-extended fight in court. Guede served 13 years and was let out of jail in 2021.
Since her conviction, Knox has composed a book named, Ready to Be Heard, and is the co-host of the Mazes digital recording with her significant other Christopher Robin, who she imparts a girl to. In 2019, Knox got back to Italy interestingly since her illegitimate convictions, CNN detailed, where she was a visitor speaker at an occasion facilitated by the Italy Honesty Undertaking.