Hulu’s new limited series The twisted story of Amanda Knox It is a dramatized version of what really happened to the homonymous American university student who was unfairly imprisoned in Italy by the murder of his roommate.
The trace series AmandaThe relentless struggle to demonstrate their innocence and claim their freedom, and examine why the authorities and the world remained so firmly in the trial.
Real Amanda Knox He is an executive producer of the series, so you know we are seeing the story exactly how he saw it. Grace van Patten He plays it in the series.
The first two episodes of the eight -episodes season debuted on August 20 and Hulu will launch the remaining episodes week by week. If you cannot expect to find out what happened, all spoilers are already available, since this story is based on real life events.
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Meredith Kercher’s murder
Meredith Kercher He was a British exchange student who shared a four -bedroom apartment with Amanda Knox and two Italian roommates.
She was found dead on the floor of her room on the morning of November 2, 2007. Amanda He had spent the night in her boyfriend Raffaele SollecitoThe apartment and came home to find the main door. There were drops of blood in the bathroom with which he shared Meredith And found feces in the bathroom.
Amanda Initially, he thought that the blood could have been from his roommate cutting down while shaving or menstruated, but the stool alarmed her and made her think that someone had been in the apartment. She called Raffaele For help and arrived to discover that there was a broken window on a fourth partner Filomena Romanelli‘S bedroom.
The police were called, but other police officers who were investigating a lost phone had already arrived at the scene. When Filomena He came home to see what happened, he told those police officers to open MeredithThe closed room door, but refused. FilomenaThe friends of the door forced the door and MeredithThe body of the body was found on the floor, covered by a blanket.
Research on Amanda Knox
As seen in the first two episodes of the Hulu series, the researchers immediately suspected that Amanda She was involved in the crime and told her that she is the most important witness.
Despite his mother’s wishes to leave Italy and return to the United States, Amanda He decided to stay in the city and help with the investigation. There was a clear language barrier between her and police staff. Days after the murder, a long night of interrogation and difficulties in translating LED Amanda get involved in crime, as well as your boss in a restaurant, Patrick Lumumba. In a subsequent testimony, he said she was pressed and beaten by the police to force her to incriminate her.
Amanda, Raffaeleand Patrician All were arrested on November 6.
Rudy Gede discovered that he was the murderer
RudyIt was discovered that a man who was a friend of the guys who lived in the apartment was then the murderer. He had met Meredith and Amanda Only a few days before the murder.
RudinThe digital footprints were found in the crime scene and was arrested on November 20. Patrician He was released at his arrest, but not Amanda either Raffaele.
Rudin admitted to being in the apartment when Meredith He was killed, but tried to affirm that someone else was there and committed the crime. He also said he heard Amanda arguing with Meredith and that he saw his silhouette outside the house.
He was declared guilty of sexual aggression and the murder of Meredith Kercher and sentenced to 30 years in prison.
After Amanda and Raffaele They were also convicted, their sentence was reduced to 16 years.
Rudin He was released from the prison on November 12, 2021 after serving 13 years of time in the prison.
Amanda spent four years in prison before being finally released
Amanda and Raffaele both were accused of the murder of Meredith also.
The prosecution suggested that Amanda and Raffaele He had mocked Meredith And I tried to make it sexually active with Rudin. They also stated that Amanda Cut it with the knife.
Amanda He was sentenced to 26 years in prison. Raffaele He was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Both were acquitted on October 3, 2011. In their official report that revoked the convictions, the judges of appeal judgment explained that the original guilt verdict “was not corroborated by any objective evidence.” They described AmandaPolice interrogations are “obsessive duration”, adding that the statements that gave itself and Patrician They were the result of confusion while it was low “great psychological pressure.”
AmandaThe burden of slander for imply Patrician In the crime it was confirmed.
The highest court in Italy ended the case when failing Amanda and Raffaele Innocent of the murder on March 27, 2015.
Raffaele Sollecito is also a free man now (in the photo in 2007 and 2011)
Raffaele Sollecito He never turned against Amandawhile the police tried to claim it (seen in the series).
After being released from prison in 2011 and acquitted from murder in 2015, Raffaele He became a software engineer specialized in cloud architectures and hybrids.
Raffaele He has a degree from the University of Perugia and a mastery at the University of Verona.
Amanda and Raffaele He met at the premiere of the Hulu series!
A very famous star offside Amanda in the series due to programming conflicts.
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