Amanda Knox gives warning to students wanting to study abroad, 10 years after being acquitted of murder
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Amanda Knox spent nearly four years in an Italian prison after being accused of murdering her roommate while studying abroad.

Italy’s highest court acquitted the now-37-year-old of murder in 2015. Today, 10 years later, the married mother of two said that if her kids ever want to head overseas for an education, she would give them her blessing.

Knox, whose book “Free: My Search for Meaning” was recently published, told Fox News Digital that she encourages students to study abroad and travel. But she also warned of the risks that come with not staying closely connected with loved ones when away from home. 

Rudy Guede sitting in a court room wearing black.

Rudy Guede (right) was eventually convicted of murder after his DNA was found at the crime scene.  (Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

Guede, 37, was freed in 2021, after serving most of his 16-year sentence.

In January of this year, Italy’s highest-ranking court affirmed a slander finding against Knox for accusing an innocent man, Patrick Lumumba, of murdering her flatmate.

Knox’s defense team said she had accused Lumumba, a Congolese man who employed her at a bar, during a long night of questioning and under pressure from police, whom they said had fed her false information. The European Court of Human Rights found that the police had deprived her of a lawyer and provided a translator who acted more as a mediator.

Patrick Lumumba wearing a scarf and a grey sweater smiling.

Patrick Lumumba speaks to the media as he leaves the Palazzo di Giustizia courthouse during a session for the final verdict of the Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito murder retrial on March 25, 2015, in Rome, Italy.  (Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

Based on Knox’s statements, Lumumba was brought in for questioning, despite having an ironclad alibi. His business suffered, and he eventually moved to Poland with his Polish wife. He previously said that Knox “has never apologized to me.”

Knox does not risk any more time in jail. She has continued her legal battle with the aim of clearing her name.

Amanda Knox wearing a pink patterned shirt walking alongside a man in a blue plaid suit.

Amanda Knox arrives with her husband, Christopher Robinson, at the courthouse in Florence, on June 5, 2024, before a hearing in a slander case, related to her jailing and later acquittal for the murder of her British roommate in 2007.  (Tiziana Fabi/AFP via Getty Images)

On a recent episode of her podcast, Knox said, “I hate the fact that I have to live with consequences for a crime I did not commit.” 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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