Raffaelle Sollecito, the former lover of Amanda Knox, spoke candidly on Italian TV about his relationship with the American student and the "cruel injustice" that destroyed their love, saying they will always be linked by tragedy.
By msnbc.com staff and news services
MILAN, Italy -- The appellate court in Italy that cleared American student Amanda Knox in the slaying of her British roommate released the reasoning behind its ruling on Thursday.
The Perugia court said faulty evidence was used to build the case linking Knox and her Italian boyfriend to the slaying of 21-year-old Meredith Kercher, whose body was found in a pool of blood on Nov. 1, 2007.
U.K.-based news?website The Week reported that Judge Claudio Pratillo Hellman's 144-page report?found that Kercher was killed by a "lone assassin."
TODAY's Matt Lauer talks to Amanda Knox's father, Curt, who says his daughter is currently focused on being with her friends, many of whom have stayed her friend while she was in prison.
The judge?also suggested that Knox's alleged confession?came because she "was stressed," according to The Week.
Knox, then a college student studying in Italy, and Raffaele Sollecito were convicted in 2009 of murdering Kercher in what prosecutors said was a drug-fueled sexual assault.
An Italian appeals court overturned their convictions in October after independent forensic investigators sharply criticized police scientific evidence in the original investigation, saying it was unreliable.?
Knox, 24,?immediately returned home to Seattle, after four years in jail.?
After landing in Seattle, Amanda Knox told supporters, "Thank you to everyone who has believed in me, who has defended me, who has supported my family."
Earlier this month, Reuters reported that Knox?had hired a prominent Washington, D.C.-based lawyer as she considers possible book deals.
Knox retained attorney Robert Barnett "to represent her in discussions with various book publishers" and to help her family evaluate "other opportunities,"?spokesman David Marriott said.
Barnett has previously represented President Barack Obama, former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, singer Barbra Streisand and a host of other political and entertainment luminaries in book deals.
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