Seattle's Amanda Knox Is Sued By Italian Bartender She Accused Of Murder

Amanda Knox speaks to the media during a brief press conference in front of her parents' home March 27, 2015 in Seattle, Washington. Knox and Raffaele Sollecito have been acquitted by Italy's highest court in the murder of British student Meredith Kercher, who was killed in her bedroom on November 1, 2007 in Perugia. Standing behind Knox is her fiance Colin Sutherland. (Stephen Brashear/Getty Images)

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Amanda Knox, twice acquitted of murdering her roommate while studying abroad in Italy, and whose story riveted Washingtonians for years, now faces a defamation suit there although she's not expected to attend the proceedings. Knox and her then-boyfriend were convicted of murdering Meredith Kercher in 2007. That conviction was later overturned only for her to be re-convicted in 2013. That conviction was tossed out by the Italian Supreme Court. Now she's being sued by a bar owner she accused of the crime. Knox says that the statements she made to police about Patrick Lumumba were made under stress, shock and extreme exhaustion.

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