Amanda Knox is speaking out about the man responsible for her wrongful conviction after he has been accused again of violence against women.
The Seattle native spent four years in an Italian prison in connection with the 2007 death of Meredith Kercher before authorities determined that Rudy Guede raped and murdered her.
Guede, now 36, was released from prison in 2021 after his sentence was shortened, and he has now recently been accused of abuse against his girlfriend, Italian newspaper La Stampa reports.
A restraining order against Guede requires him to stay at least 500 meters, or 1,640 feet, from the 23-year-old victim, according to La Stampa.
“Rudy Guede, the man who killed Meredith Kercher, has just been arrested on charges of assault for allegedly beating up his 23-year-old ex-girlfriend six months after he was released from prison,” Knox wrote December 6 on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter.
“Prosecutors asked for house arrest while he awaits trial. Instead, he’s been given a restraining order and ankle monitor. I feel sorry for his ex-girlfriend, and hope she is getting the support she needs.”
Knox continued: “Guede was never held fully accountable for murdering Meredith, as he was only convicted of rape and of ‘participating in the murder.’ Essentially he was charged with being an accomplice for a crime he committed alone. He was sentenced to 30 years. On appeal, that was reduced to 16. He was released on ‘good behavior’ after serving 13 years…”
Knox concluded: “Above all, I feel bad for the Kerchers that the man responsible for Meredith’s murder is free, unrepentant, and able to cause harm to more young women.”
At the time of Kercher’s death, Knox was a 20-year-old University of Washington student studying abroad.
Italian authorities alleged that Knox and her 23-year-old boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, had murdered Kercher, who shared at flat with Knox in Perugia. Kercher had been stabbed 47 times.
Knox and Sollecito were later cleared of the slaying.
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[Feature Photo: FILE – In this Sept. 26, 2008 file photo, Amanda Knox, center, is escorted by Italian penitentiary police officers to Perugia’s court. Italy’s top criminal court has scathingly faulted prosecutors for presenting a flawed and hastily constructed case against Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend, saying Monday, Sept. 7, 2015 it threw out their convictions for the 2007 murder of her British roommate in part because there was no proof they were in the bedroom where the woman was fatally stabbed. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito, File)]
