Amanda Knox Rocks Up To Her Murder Trial Smiling From Ear To Ear
Up until just over 15 months ago, there were not too many people on the planet who would have known who college student Amanda Knox was, not unless he or she was one of her carnal conquests, a family member or school friend.
Of course these days things are different, and a lot more people know who, and the kind of woman she is after her arrest in Italy for the murder of British room mate, a young woman who according to some news stories I've heard and read about the case, was murdered because she refused to engage in some sort of drug fuelled group sex activity.
Unless people have been sleeping under a rock, live in a Third World country where people are less likely to care about the news or have access to the Internet, or if they, almost everybody on the planet must know by now who the American college girl with the kinky sexual appetite is, and that her trial began in Italy today.
Right out of the gate Ms Knox's lawyers are exploiting the media spotlight they find themselves under, stating that the Ms Knox and her Raffaele Sollecito were not murderers but innocent lovebirds. The first day of the trial was supposed to be about documentation, procedural matters and charge sheets. Ms Knox appeared poised and relaxed during the first day of proceedings, smiling from ear-to-ear when she entered the court for the first time. She kept her head turned away from her former boyfriend (Sollecito) who from time-to-time would go out of his way to sneak a peak at his kinky living gal pal.
All I know about the kinky living Knox so far is that she was able to fool many people into believing she was somebody she was not, from the time she reached puberty that she had a secret life when it came to her carnal desires.
There's nothing wrong with Knox, or anybody else for that matter fulfilling carnal desires by engaging in various types of sexual activity that most of us would never admit to fantasizing about, but when it comes to killing somebody because the object of one's desire wasn't interested in participating in a drug and alcohol fuelled sexual escapade, I have to draw the line at what is acceptable behaviour when one, two, three or four people jacked up on drugs and alcohol want to engage in group sex.
Killing Meredith Kercher because she didn't want to be involved in a fornicating foursome just isn't cool, and Knox and her former geeky looking boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, whether they physically participated in the killing of the girl who said "NO" or not should spend most of, if not all of, the rest of their lives in jails.
Ms. Kercher half-naked body was discovered in her bedroom of the hillside cottage she shared with Knox and two other Italian women. Her throat had been slit.
The fourth suspect in Kercher's slaying, a 21-year-old Ivory Coast drifter whose name is Rudy Guede, is already serving a 30-year sentence after his trial was fast-tracked. It is believed that Guede has quite a story to tell about what exactly what down on the night that Kercher died.
There are various yet-to-be substantiated reports in the media and blogosphere that Guede will be testifying against Knox and her boyfriend
This case has all the makings of good Hollywood thriller, and you can bet whether Knox's trial got underway on Friday or not, there will be more than a few wannabe filmmakers and screenwriters sitting in the courtroom making notes, absorbing all the lurid little details, in the hope they can turn Knox's story in a blockbuster movie. Last, I heard though, the judge fronting the trial had not made up his mind as to whether or not the trial would be open to the public. 140 journalists have asked for accreditation in order to attend the trial however.
Speaking of people exploiting this story for big bucks, a crime journalist has already written and published a book titled "Amanda and the Others: Lives Lost around the Perugia Murder."
The book, written by Fiorenza Sarzanini includes details of the 21-year-old Knox's sex life, details according to her lawyers, are not in anyway useful or considered relevant to Knox's murder trial.
Knox has taken legal action to have the book removed from shelves and is claiming $664,000 in compensatory damages, believing that her reputation has been damage by revelations in the book, the kind of revelations that were sourced from her personal diary.
Ms Knox claims that she is the victim of a smear campaign, the kind of campaign that violates the safeguarding her personal information and dignity.
When this story first broke, I was reluctantly gave Ms Knox the benefit of the doubt, believing that she just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, but in the sixteen months since she was first arrested for the murder I have abandoned that opinion, choosing to believe what the press is saying instead.
I think Ms Knox, other than the fact that I do not think it was her hands that were used to snuff out Ms Kercher's life, might have instigated the sex game that ultimately resulted in the death of Ms Kercher, but only her and co-accused no for sure.
Ms Knox, who was born and raised in Seattle, Washington and is a product of divorce, promises the truth will come out in her trial. I cannot wait to hear what she says on the stand, if in fact she testifies in her own defence.
Whatever happened in that flat, being under the influence of drugs and alcohol does not excuse her behaviour, and I bet at some point during her trial her defence team is going to play that card.
Crooked in Canada will be following every lurid detail in this case. Count on it.
Of course these days things are different, and a lot more people know who, and the kind of woman she is after her arrest in Italy for the murder of British room mate, a young woman who according to some news stories I've heard and read about the case, was murdered because she refused to engage in some sort of drug fuelled group sex activity.
Unless people have been sleeping under a rock, live in a Third World country where people are less likely to care about the news or have access to the Internet, or if they, almost everybody on the planet must know by now who the American college girl with the kinky sexual appetite is, and that her trial began in Italy today.
Right out of the gate Ms Knox's lawyers are exploiting the media spotlight they find themselves under, stating that the Ms Knox and her Raffaele Sollecito were not murderers but innocent lovebirds. The first day of the trial was supposed to be about documentation, procedural matters and charge sheets. Ms Knox appeared poised and relaxed during the first day of proceedings, smiling from ear-to-ear when she entered the court for the first time. She kept her head turned away from her former boyfriend (Sollecito) who from time-to-time would go out of his way to sneak a peak at his kinky living gal pal.
All I know about the kinky living Knox so far is that she was able to fool many people into believing she was somebody she was not, from the time she reached puberty that she had a secret life when it came to her carnal desires.
There's nothing wrong with Knox, or anybody else for that matter fulfilling carnal desires by engaging in various types of sexual activity that most of us would never admit to fantasizing about, but when it comes to killing somebody because the object of one's desire wasn't interested in participating in a drug and alcohol fuelled sexual escapade, I have to draw the line at what is acceptable behaviour when one, two, three or four people jacked up on drugs and alcohol want to engage in group sex.
Killing Meredith Kercher because she didn't want to be involved in a fornicating foursome just isn't cool, and Knox and her former geeky looking boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, whether they physically participated in the killing of the girl who said "NO" or not should spend most of, if not all of, the rest of their lives in jails.
Ms. Kercher half-naked body was discovered in her bedroom of the hillside cottage she shared with Knox and two other Italian women. Her throat had been slit.
The fourth suspect in Kercher's slaying, a 21-year-old Ivory Coast drifter whose name is Rudy Guede, is already serving a 30-year sentence after his trial was fast-tracked. It is believed that Guede has quite a story to tell about what exactly what down on the night that Kercher died.
There are various yet-to-be substantiated reports in the media and blogosphere that Guede will be testifying against Knox and her boyfriend
This case has all the makings of good Hollywood thriller, and you can bet whether Knox's trial got underway on Friday or not, there will be more than a few wannabe filmmakers and screenwriters sitting in the courtroom making notes, absorbing all the lurid little details, in the hope they can turn Knox's story in a blockbuster movie. Last, I heard though, the judge fronting the trial had not made up his mind as to whether or not the trial would be open to the public. 140 journalists have asked for accreditation in order to attend the trial however.
Speaking of people exploiting this story for big bucks, a crime journalist has already written and published a book titled "Amanda and the Others: Lives Lost around the Perugia Murder."
The book, written by Fiorenza Sarzanini includes details of the 21-year-old Knox's sex life, details according to her lawyers, are not in anyway useful or considered relevant to Knox's murder trial.
Knox has taken legal action to have the book removed from shelves and is claiming $664,000 in compensatory damages, believing that her reputation has been damage by revelations in the book, the kind of revelations that were sourced from her personal diary.
Ms Knox claims that she is the victim of a smear campaign, the kind of campaign that violates the safeguarding her personal information and dignity.
When this story first broke, I was reluctantly gave Ms Knox the benefit of the doubt, believing that she just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, but in the sixteen months since she was first arrested for the murder I have abandoned that opinion, choosing to believe what the press is saying instead.
I think Ms Knox, other than the fact that I do not think it was her hands that were used to snuff out Ms Kercher's life, might have instigated the sex game that ultimately resulted in the death of Ms Kercher, but only her and co-accused no for sure.
Ms Knox, who was born and raised in Seattle, Washington and is a product of divorce, promises the truth will come out in her trial. I cannot wait to hear what she says on the stand, if in fact she testifies in her own defence.
Whatever happened in that flat, being under the influence of drugs and alcohol does not excuse her behaviour, and I bet at some point during her trial her defence team is going to play that card.
Crooked in Canada will be following every lurid detail in this case. Count on it.
