Eight years after being exonerated of Meredith Kercher's murder, Amanda Knox traveled to Italy to participate in an event for the Italy Innocence Project. In addition to the crush of news coverage of Knox's return abroad, Knox promoted it as well. In a Medium essay, Knox revealed that she would "speak about wrongful convictions and trial by media." On social media, she took a lighter tone. "3 Days till I return to Italy for the first time since leaving prison," she captioned an Instagram post featuring a photo of her pretending to hang from a cliff. "Feeling frayed, so I made my own inspirational workplace poster. 'Hang in there!' Just imagine I'm a kitten."
The Kercher family apparently wasn't impressed with Knox's strange playfulness. In a statement to The Guardian, their lawyer, Francesco Maresca, described Knox's behavior as attention-seeking, and declared her return to Italy for a criminal justice conference "inappropriate." Maresca continued, "The murder is a tragic memory for the Kercher family ... It's also an injustice for them as they still don't know the full truth."
A few years prior, Meredith's sister, Stephanie Kercher echoed this same sentiment in an essay for the Daily Mail, and even hinted that the family doubts Knox's innocence. "It is difficult to come terms with not knowing exactly what happened that night," she wrote, adding, "Whether you believe the guilt or innocence of the accused there are still contradictions and discrepancies in the judge's summary."
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