The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox (2025) s01e05 Episode Script
Mr.Nobody
1
Raffaele Sollecito.
He's arrogant. But her lapdog.
[Raffaele Sollecito] My sister is police.
She will know what to do.
[reporter] Police say that evidence
places Rudy Guede
firmly at the scene of the crime.
[Amanda Knox]
Rudy admitted to only partial guilt,
opted for a speedy trial,
was tried before we were, and separately.
And the prosecution could then focus
on their real targets,
me and Raffaele.
Knox's DNA is on the knife
Sollecito's knife.
I have no idea
how this could have happened.
Raffaele said that you
weren't at his house,
that you asked him to lie for you.
- He's taken away your alibi.
- What?
They were so so hard with me,
and I was so s-scared,
and terrified, and confused.
But
I am here for you now.
[dramatic music playing]
[people chattering]
[officer speaking Italian]
[Translator Vittoria Noce] And why did
Raffaele turn off his phone?
Um, be Uh, be
His dad calls him every night, and
[Translator Noce speaking Italian]
I don't We wanted to be left alone.
[Translator Noce speaking Italian]
[Amanda]
Do Do I need a lawyer right now?
Inspector, did you forget
We don't need to record.
[Amanda] Yeah, yeah, you know,
- to save the battery
- [sighs] Okay.
[ominous music playing]
[people speaking Italian]
You're a liar! We've
been here for hours!
Look, I'm losing my patience,
I've had enough of this bullshit.
- You're lying!
- When are you going to stop lying?
I'm not lying!
We know she left the apartment
- that she wasn't with you that night.
- She never left.
- We were together the whole night!
- We have proof!
All right. From the top.
We had dinner. No
We watched Amélie, then we ate.
Keep going.
We smoked a joint. We had sex,
and then we turned off our phones
That's not what she just said.
She said your father called.
[ominous music playing]
No.
No she
unless did I get the day wrong?
Come on, out with it.
- Was All Saints' a Thursday?
- You don't know?
If it was, she went to work. But
no, that can't be.
- We stayed in.
- In.
In, out, in, out
Can't you hear yourself?
Your story is Swiss cheese.
[voices echoing, overlapping]
Did she snip your balls, too?
We could send you to prison
for thirty years.
For what?
Being a little bitch who likes
to carry around knives.
I told you, I just collect them.
It's a hobby, nothing more.
His shoes!
His shoes!
What? What's going on?
[light, dramatic music playing]
What
Take off your shoes.
- Why?
- We need them.
I think I should call my father.
Nope.
One second, I'm going to call
Take these fucking shoes off!!
[suspenseful music playing]
Come on, we don't have all day!
[hands clapping]
[fingers snapping]
Quick!!
Take these shoes straight to the lab.
Should we try this again?
[Raffaele whimpers]
Was Amanda with you,
the night of the murder?
The whole night?
Even as you slept?
No.
[panicked breathing]
She could have gone to work.
[Valentina Greco] Mm-hmm?
Perhaps went out and came back
Yes, I
I think that's what happened.
[Raffaele sighs]
[softly whimpers]
[upbeat Italian pop music playing]
[Raffaele Sollecito]
Every story has a hero.
[upbeat pop music continues playing]
When you are a little child,
you believe in magic forces for good.
Super humans flying with capes
and crowns that fight for justice.
Please. I'm trying here.
You think getting me old
wilted flowers is trying?
- Being here when I need you
- For God's sake, it's Christmas!
[Raffaele] In time, you learn
real heroes, they are not so many.
Papa, wait!
[Raffaele] And when someone needs saving,
it is up to you to step in.
[upbeat Italian pop music playing]
[music fades out]
For her.
How do we know it's not contraband?
Have you looked at him?
He doesn't have the balls.
[guard 2 chuckles]
[guard 1 sighs]
Here.
Take it.
Thank you.
Are you okay?
Yeah.
- Yeah. Today was rough.
- Mm-hmm.
All that arguing.
Hey, what were our
lawyers so upset about?
Because Mignini was supposed
to give them the DNA report
so they can prepare our defense,
but they are
how you say stalling?
But it's okay, you know.
It's okay because they will fight
and will win.
Hey.
[soft traditional
Italian music playing]
- [chuckles softly]
- Yeah?
When we get out from here,
I take you for a nice
dinner to celebrate.
What do you think?
[Amanda chuckles softly]
You do still owe me truffles.
- [chuckles] Yes.
- [Amanda chuckles, sniffles]
- We go to Gubbio.
- I want lunch and dinner.
- And breakfast, no?
- And breakfast. [chuckles]
Enough talking in English.
Doormat.
[Raffaele] "Doormat." "Puppet."
The false identities assigned to me
by people who didn't know me.
But Amanda knew me.
- [dark dramatic music playing]
- [metal clanging]
That didn't help me much in here.
[prisoners shouting]
[Raffaele] The protected section
of Terni prison
was Dante's ninth circle of hell.
- [food squishing]
- Home to rapists,
pedophiles, violent criminals, and me.
[dramatic music continues]
Back at the beginning of my imprisonment,
my cellmate was a snitch
[spits]
trading information
for reducing his sentence.
Did you ever think
she was just using you?
Do you think she picked you
because you were easy to control?
All that blood
and you still didn't run.
C'mon, I've seen the
photos in the papers.
- [prisoners shouting]
- [buzzers blaring]
[camera clicking]
It isn't blood!
It isn't blood!
It looks like blood. Wait.
No, it's phenolphthalein!
- Dad's done research You tell him.
- Phenolphthalein!
Raffaele, listen
Phenolphthalein is
a chemical used in forensics.
It reacts with the heme molecule
present in blood.
A positive reaction gives a pink color.
But it turns pink over time.
Whether blood is present or not
We got it, Einstein. Raffa?
But who leaked the photo?
Well, who took your sneakers?
Who do you think? Those fucking cops!
[people chattering]
They make it look like Amanda came
home and actually bathed in blood.
Raffaele
[speaking Italian]
I want Vanessa to
come to court next week.
- Papa, no. It would hurt her career.
- No, I can't!
Franco, the bosses said no.
You don't hire an attorney with balls
like those to NOT take their advice.
See. Listen to your wife. Enough.
Hello.
Raffa, Mara says hello.
Thank you
[whispering in Italian]
Son. You need all the good press
you can get right now.
The police
are targeting Amanda with this
these "evidence" leaks.
And she's dragging you down with her
I told you!
Lay off her
Come on, time to go.
Eight days, he knew her.
He's lost himself in her.
He always does this.
He was like this with mom, too.
More things I must do.
What?
- What is it that he must do?
- Shoe prints.
[Raffaele] The similarity of my sneakers
to the bloody shoe prints
at the crime scene
was the only thing the cops had
to directly connect me to the murder.
So, when the police ignored a similar
print in Rudy Guede's apartment,
my dad took his findings to the public.
Raffaele's shoe is NOT the shoe!
Note my son's size 42.5
has fewer concentric circles
than Rudy's 45, which exactly matches
the one from the crime scene.
Also
this irregularity
that the police did not notice.
The cause?
A piece of broken glass.
Are you suggesting the break-in
was not staged?
- [ominous music playing]
- [door thuds]
You need to listen to me!
Yesterday you're on TV?
Today they leak this.
What the fuck, dad! This is serious!!
Calm down, Vanessa.
[Vanessa shushing]
No.
I've never even touched Meredith.
Certainly not her bra!
And you said my DNA was not found
anywhere else at the crime scene?
It's important that you understand
the full scope of your situation.
Italy is under the microscope.
Humiliation on an international level
is a national threat to our institutions.
Someone must be held
accountable for this crime.
Rudy Guede is accountable
What do we have here?
All this mess with your father
and the shoe prints!
We now know they
have your DNA on the bra.
The alleged murder weapon was
found at your apartment.
So
since you're adamant you were
together the night of the murder
- no?
- We were together.
I suggest a separation
from Amanda.
Tethering your defense
to hers has become problematic.
I just
I don't feel like
I could abandon her like that.
Feelings don't win cases.
When do I have to decide this?
The longer we wait
the harder it will be
to undo the damage.
And there's been considerable damage.
[tense dramatic music playing]
- [waves softly crashing]
- [seagulls cawing]
[Raffaele] Mamma.
Oh, Raffa.
You're home.
You shopped.
Yes, just for a couple of things.
I'm sorry, I was going to go,
but I was feeling so tired
Is that a new drawing?
Yes. His name is Shinji.
And what does Shinji do?
He's a Protector.
You're so talented, my love.
With such a good and loyal heart.
You will always be
here for me, won't you?
[haunting music playing]
[people chattering]
[papers rustling]
[light jazz music playing]
[spectators murmuring]
[Raffaele chuckles]
[snickering]
[Raffaele]
They say she's bringing me down with her,
but how could that be,
when every time I see her,
she make me feel I can float?
I needed that feeling, today especially.
The scientific evidence
against me was being presented,
and the prosecution
still hadn't handed over the reports
to my lawyers,
leaving us unable to properly prepare
our counterargument.
I believe Mignini's co-prosecutor
was brought on
to handle the broader theatrics,
the theatrics beneath
even a showman like Mignini.
Dr. Ippolito.
Could you please tell the Court
about your role and expertise?
I am the Chief Technical Director
in the investigation section of the
Forensics Police Department in Rome.
I specialize in DNA analysis.
Now your findings. Walk us through them.
Of course.
[projector beeping]
With relation to the defendants,
a kitchen knife was found at the
apartment of Raffaele Sollecito.
With DNA of the victim on the blade,
and Knox's DNA on the hilt.
In the bathroom, we had the victim's
blood on the bathmat
toilet tissue with DNA belonging
to Rudy Guede.
In the victim's room, we found
traces of Guede and Sollecito.
A piece of fabric with two metal hooks
was found near the victim's feet
with a mixed genetic profile:
victim and Sollecito.
- Is it bent?
- Yes.
The bra straps were ripped, and
the back portion had a clean slice.
Indicating it had been deliberately cut.
One of the hooks
was particularly deformed.
As you can see here, suggesting it was
Forced?
[dramatic music playing]
Yes.
- [spectators murmuring]
- [Raffaele] They meant forced by me.
I brought my own bra.
It's the closest thing in my collection
to Meredith's.
Although mine's a bit larger.
[laughter]
[Raffaele]
Comodi was making me into an animal,
into a savage.
[reporters shouting]
When at the beginning, I was a nobody,
the "weak link" in the police's story.
But when my Nikes gave them evidence
of my so-called involvement,
they turned me into
the profile of a killer.
What are you looking for?
[tense dramatic music playing]
The hell is this?
It was a gift. It's a collector's item,
I never even opened it.
[plastic ripping]
[people chattering]
[book closing]
You're a real piece of shit, aren't you?
Bruno, over here!
[objects clattering]
What about this one?
[speaking Italian]
[tense music playing]
What made you home in on that knife?
I was told they were wide wounds.
So you say wide wound, wide blade.
The investigative intuition of people who
carry out investigations is very high.
I had an intuition.
I took it.
You put this evidence in your folder?
That's correct.
That folder?
That you use on a daily basis?
[spectators murmuring]
Yes.
Officer Esposito.
You were in charge of sending the knife
to Dr. Ippolito's lab
in Rome for analysis.
Correct.
And in what was the evidence transported?
[dramatic music playing]
Your honor, the police are openly
admitting to mishandling evidence.
Counselor Ghirga!
Furthermore, we are improvising
our defense
Counselor Ghirga!
which is not easy
when we don't know anything.
Doctor Mignini must give us the report!
We're following protocol!
[Raffaele] Justice was elusive,
so I held onto Amanda.
[buzzer blaring]
[paper dropping]
You and Amanda making faces in court
was bad enough.
Now you two are writing letters?
- You two look like Bonnie and Clyde.
- I don't care how we look.
What do I say to you? What?
You must drop her.
You are in prison because of her.
She's in prison because of me!
Because I betrayed her
in that interrogation.
She's playing on that guilt, son
She's leading you on.
If you weren't backing her alibi,
she'd have nothing.
She's using you.
You don't know her.
YOU don't know her!
[sighs heavily]
Eight days, five days, what was it?
I stay when it's hard.
You wouldn't understand that.
You're right.
I'm the asshole.
I was selfish to save myself.
God, I wish you would be too.
[light, dramatic music playing]
- [insects chirring]
- [birdsong]
Mom's been in bed all day?
When did you get here?
What are you doing, Raffaele?
I'm eating.
[Vanessa chuckles]
I mean, when was the last time you
say, went out with your friends,
or did anything for yourself?
What are you doing? Are you a nursemaid?
[Raffaele sighs]
[Vanessa sighs mockingly]
Dad was telling me you could go
- Where?
- To ONASI in Perugia.
Oh really, with all those doctor's kids?
- Raffaele
- No thank you, not interested.
You can't babysit her forever.
Mom is not well.
She is the parent.
She is responsible
for her own life, period.
And come on
You know you want to go.
Go and live!
No?
Go do the things you like
you know, computer stuff
Look, go meet a girl with big
manga boobs, the way you like them.
And live your life!
You like that, huh?
What's that face?
Are you thinking about it?
Huh? Huh?
[muttering in Italian]
- [dramatic music playing]
- [buzzer sounding]
[prisoners shouting]
[Raffaele] After 630 days in prison,
in July of 2009,
the courts went on recess.
Three brutal months
with nothing to do but think.
The letters from Amanda
got fewer and fewer
until there were none.
Later that summer, we finally received
Dr. Ippolito's DNA reports.
Four months late and incomplete,
but my lawyers, they have hope.
[spectators murmuring]
I'd like to start by asking
what is ISO 17025 quality
certification?
Our lab is working toward
that certification.
And I hope you get it.
In any case, your lab isn't now,
and has never been certified.
I want to pivot to the knife.
When examining the genetic
material on the blade
did you test for blood?
We did.
The test was negative for blood,
but given the small amount of DNA
- Of the victim.
- Yes. The victim's.
It could be a false negative.
So we can't rule out the possibility
that blood was present.
Once you established this,
did you conduct further tests?
No.
But isn't "repeatability one of the
fundamental
requirements to ensure the
reliability of the test?"
Those are your words.
All of the sample was used in a
single analysis because
the electrophoresis machine doesn't
work below a certain quantity.
Exactly. Which is why, per your report
you were forced
to manually override the machine.
Now, I'm asking you
Had you not overridden the machine
would the knife have conclusively
shown traces of the victim's DNA?
[light, dramatic music playing]
[clearing throat]
Most likely not.
[spectators murmuring]
[tense music playing]
Doctor, in your previous testimony
you said the victim's bra was
frayed and torn.
- Did you immediately notice this?
- Yes.
And when you noticed that a piece
of the bra was missing
did you search the area to find it?
Yes, but at the time, we were not
aware of its importance, so it was left.
[Giulia Bongiorno] Mm.
Where?
Under the pillow
that the victim was resting on.
And do you know if this piece of bra
was found in another area
of the room later
and if so, where?
It was found during the second
inspection near the desk.
[projector beeps]
So between November 2 and December 18
this piece of fabric was relocated
a meter and a half.
How?
It moved.
[spectators murmuring]
You said before that one of
the hooks was deformed.
Can you rule out
the possibility
that it was crushed, not forced?
I can rule it out because
Based on what evidence?
What if I stepped on it
and dragged my foot?
We've seen the room, it's very small.
- Your honor, this is pure conjecture!
- Let me finish!
Please.
Fine.
I'll say it like this.
If
I'm law enforcement, or a member
of your forensics team
and I'm wearing
a protective bootie on my foot
and there are exfoliated cells
on the bootie
can these cells be transferred?
From say, a bootie to a bra clasp?
In the 46 days between the time the hook
was found and it was tested?
DNA doesn't fly.
[spectators laughing]
[Raffaele] That is when I know,
despite how logical my lawyer's argument,
those delayed DNA reports
made us four months too late
with our rebuttal.
The bias was deep, the damage was done.
Dr. Ippolito broke protocol
on multiple occasions.
On multiple occasions?
And because we were denied
access to her report
the jury has been sitting with
their conclusions for months.
We request the case be dismissed.
- I second that proposal.
- Yes agree!
The defense council's request is denied.
Then we request an independent review
of the DNA evidence!
[overlapping shouting]
I'll consider it on a recess.
[Raffaele] His consideration was quick,
and his decision was final.
There would be no independent review
of the DNA evidence.
[light, dramatic music playing]
[inaudible]
[Raffaele] It was a blow to our case.
[reporter 1] Amanda, this way!
[Raffaele] It seemed we were losing
and I could feel something shift.
- [cameras clicking]
- [reporter 2] Amanda!
[light, dramatic music continues]
[Raffaele] I was losing her, too.
[Amanda] Dear Raffaele,
thank you for your drawings,
but I'm afraid you've mistaken
my friendship for something else.
We could have had
something special, it's true.
But right now, I need to focus
on getting myself free.
I hope this doesn't hurt you.
You have to read this.
Raffa.
[Vanessa sighs] Yo.
What's happening with you?
You look terrible.
I'm stressed. I was fired.
It doesn't matter. Just read
the bottom.
Okay.
Okay?
You're a plus one at your own trial.
You're being investigated for murder.
"Okay?"
[Vanessa laughing]
It's time to grow up, Raffa.
Ask yourself.
Ask yourself why you're
still standing with her.
Why would you show me this? You
think I haven't been kicked enough?
Can we
Raffa.
Can we
Can we put aside Amanda for a moment?
You
You came to Perugia to study.
Huh?
To meet girls. Have a career.
Sì?
What about all that?
You're going to be found guilty.
I don't deserve it.
I know you don't.
Deserve what?
A life? What is it that
you don't deserve?
I'm
Nothing.
Sì.
I'm nobody.
- No.
- Sì.
She doesn't even love me.
She doesn't want me.
And I feel
I feel like
I am
Like I'm disappearing!
Um [chuckles]
[stammering in Italian]
[somber music playing]
[Raffaele breathing shakily]
How did I end up here?
I don't know how to live.
You just give, give, give, give
I
[Raffaele sobbing]
I feel like
[grunting]
I am empty.
I'm a shell.
And they're all saying,
"Oh, he's an accomplice,
he's this, he's that!"
How can they say that if
I don't even know who I am.
You're my brother.
You're my brother.
Not nobody.
You're someone to me.
[sighs]
All you have to do
is stand up and say you can't vouch
for her the night of the murder.
You were asleep. It's true, isn't it?
Maybe she snuck out?
It's the only way to set yourself free.
But she won't be.
How could I live with that?
At least you'd be living.
[light, dramatic music playing]
Yuto.
- [phone ringing]
- Don't look out there.
Look in here.
In here is where you decide.
Only you can change your fate.
Hello, Papa?
[Francesco speaking Italian
frantically on phone]
Slow down. What's wrong?
[engine revving]
[dramatic music playing]
[tires screeching]
[gravel crunching]
[panting]
[music slowing down]
[distant church bells ringing]
[Raffaele breathing shakily]
I tried.
Mom, I'm sorry.
[Vanessa shushing]
I tried.
I want to be alone with mom.
Leave me alone with mom.
Papa, let's go.
I shouldn't have left you alone.
[somber music playing]
Forgive me.
I couldn't make it.
[whimpering]
[people chattering]
Don't do that.
Bad luck to make your bed today.
[engine rumbling]
[sighs]
[Raffaele] Ever since my mother's death,
I had made a personal extended prayer
for those in my life
who were most important.
[praying in Italian]
That morning, I prayed for Amanda.
I prayed for her family.
- [people chattering]
- [cameras clicking]
And for mine.
For Meredith and all those who loved her.
I prayed for the prosecutors,
the judges,
the jury.
And I prayed for myself
that I'd have the courage
to do what I had to do.
[light, dramatic music playing]
I will want to make a declaration.
Bene.
[spectators murmuring]
In the beginning, Meredith
and Amanda were friends.
They spoke the same language,
had the same Anglo-Saxon culture.
But the relationship cooled
as the girls took separate paths.
Amanda did not respect the cleaning
schedule of the household.
Meredith did not bring boys to the
apartment. Amanda did so frequently.
Amanda did drugs, Meredith did not.
Amanda had condoms and a vibrator.
On the night of the crime
Amanda accepts an invitation
from Rudy Guede to meet.
Maybe in Via Della Pergola.
Rudy would have had the opportunity
to give Amanda drugs.
And maybe he could have sex with her.
Perhaps resolve issues related
to past drug exchanges.
Raffaele
followed her as usual.
Every step she took,
Raffaele was right behind her.
Amanda was dominant, he was her puppet.
It is not clear what the three
of them intended to do
once they entered Via Della Pergola.
But it is possible that there was a
disagreement between Meredith and Amanda.
Over missing rent money
or Rudy's presence.
And it is possible
that after an argument, and under
the influence of drugs and alcohol
they may have decided to carry out
a heavy sexual game with Meredith.
Keep this in mind
This was the first and only night
since Amanda had been
living in the house,
that Meredith was completely alone.
Since the two roommates were away,
as were the boys downstairs.
Amanda had nurtured
her hatred for Meredith.
And the time had come to take
revenge on that snobbish girl.
That's what Amanda must have thought.
And in a crescendo of threats and
increasingly heavy violence
Meredith's ordeal began.
The three taunted her.
Knife in hand, Raffaele restrained her.
Rudy sexually assaulted her.
And Amanda
[suspenseful music playing]
dealt the deepest wound.
[spectators murmuring]
[Manuela Comodi speaking Italian]
We have constructed
a visual aid to help with your
decision-making process.
[suspenseful music continues]
At 11:30pm
Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito,
and Rudy Guede arrive
at Via Della Pergola 7.
Amanda opens the door with her key
At 11:35pm
the struggle begins. Meredith
is slammed against the wall
Your honor, this is unnecessarily
sensational!
And past time for the presentation
of new evidence
Counselor Ghirga.
Proceed, Prosecutor Comodi.
This is the second moment of the assault,
shown here from multiple angles
the attackers persist in trying
to subdue her
they undress her and threaten
her with knives
and this wound
from a blow dealt by
Sollecito's hand.
[music swells, stops]
[Raffaele exhaling]
[Raffaele muttering softly in Italian]
No. You're still thinking
about the broken sink.
- No.
- [laughing] Yes, you are.
- No.
- Weirdo.
- [chuckles] No.
- I can tell.
I was thinking you look beautiful.
[Raffaele chuckles]
Okay. I was thinking
We are very different.
[Raffaele] Oh.
How?
Well
You are clean and organized
Mm-hmm?
mad about spilling water.
And I'm
how do you say
easy-going.
Disorganized.
- No.
- Yes!
- No! Okay, a tiny bit.
- Sì. But I wish
I knew you in high school.
- No.
- What do you mean no?
I was
not cool.
- No, it cannot be true.
- No, I wasn't.
- Come on.
- No.
- I had bleached hair like Naruto.
- No.
- Sì.
- No.
- Can you imagine?
- [laughing]
And I I show my mom the picture
and I start begging her,
like, "Mom, please,
please, please, please."
Till I finally I won.
- You won?
- Yes.
Wow. Are you a mama's boy?
[sighs]
[soft melancholy music playing]
[Raffaele groaning lightly]
Yes.
- Yeah?
- I was.
Um, no, she died two years ago.
I'm sorry.
How?
How did she die?
A heart attack.
[Raffaele sighs]
Because, um
- My dad, he was, um, to be remarried.
- Mm-hmm?
So, my mother's heart, it was just
And she was so depressed
and so sad and she was
She was calling me
over and over again, like, day and night,
saying something like
"I have nothing to live for."
Or, "I just want to die."
Saying, "Why you leave me?"
So, sometimes I I can't even
answer the phone, you know?
- And
- It's not your fault.
- Uh, no, I-I
- No, it's
- It's not your fault.
- No, I I mean
[Amanda] It's not.
[Raffaele stammering]
It's really good that you went to school.
It is!
That's That's all you can do in life,
is do your best and be true to yourself.
You know?
true to yourself.
[both speaking Italian]
Exactly. [chuckles softly]
It's like
everyone says I'm like Amélie,
'cause I'm a weirdo.
So what? I'm a weirdo.
Like, what am I gonna do, change?
Make everyone else happy? No.
Um
You know
I was everything to her.
Who are you to you?
[gentle music playing]
[lips smacking]
[music fades out]
[spectators murmuring]
Uh
Your Honor, Honorable Jurors.
[murmuring stops]
Um
Finding the words for this
has been difficult.
I have been drawn into an event
about which I know nothing.
There is no reason that could
have driven me to kill.
They say I am a dog on a leash.
I only met Amanda
a few days before the crime.
But if she'd asked me
to do
something I disagreed with,
I would have said no.
[clearing throat]
But the truth is she never
asked me any such thing.
I didn't kill Meredith.
I was not in that house
the night of the murder.
I am not a violent person.
I am honorable.
What I'm asking you is
to give me back my life.
Because I don't have one right now.
Thank you.
["Eternamente" by Nilla Pizzi playing]
[lyrics sung in Italian]
A verdict coming at midnight?
Very dramatic.
I think that's the point.
["Eternamente" continues playing]
Amor ♪
[song ends]
[people chattering]
[reporter speaking Italian]
[dramatic music playing]
- [reporter 1] Raffaele! Raffaele!
- [cameras clicking]
[reporter 2] Raffaele, right here!
- [cameras clicking]
- [reporters shouting]
[dramatic music continues playing]
- [cameras continues clicking]
- [reporters shouting louder]
[reporters continue shouting]
[reporter] Amanda!
[reporter] Amanda, right here!
[bailiff speaking Italian]
[suspenseful music playing]
Amanda, courage. It
will be okay. Courage.
In the name of the Italian people.
The court of Assizes of Perugia
issues the following sentence for:
Knox, Amanda Marie. Born in Seattle, USA
on July 9, 1987.
Currently detained at the
Perugia Penitentiary.
Sollecito, Raffaele. Born in Bari,
on March 26, 1984.
Currently detained
at the Terni Penitentiary.
On the count of slander
against Lumumba, Patrick
Knox, Amanda Marie
is found
guilty.
On the counts of murder, carrying a
weapon, rape, theft
and simulating a burglary,
the defendants
Sollecito, Raffaele,
and Knox, Amanda Marie
are found
guilty!
[people gasping]
They are hereby sentenced to 26
years of imprisonment for Knox
and 25 years for Sollecito
and each must also pay court
costs and serve prison custody.
We'll make sure things go
differently on appeal.
- [tense dramatic music playing]
- [voices muffled]
[muffled hollering]
- [Edda Mellas] Amanda! Amanda!
- [Curt Knox] Amanda! No!
No! Don't take her!
[voice echoing] Don't take her! Amanda!
Don't touch her!
[Curt and Edda] Amanda!
[tense dramatic music continues]
Raffaele, stay strong!
- [soft music playing]
- [singing in Italian]
[crowd inaudible]
[soft music continues playing]
[reporters shouting]
[reporter]
Are you happy with the verdict?
[Stephanie Kercher] Ultimately,
we are pleased with the verdict,
but we're gathered here because
our sister was brutally murdered.
[cameras clicking]
Two young people
have been sent away behind bars
for a long time.
It is not a time for celebration.
- [soft music continues playing]
- [singing in Italian continues]
- [soft music continues playing]
- [singing in Italian continues]
[music stops abruptly]
[camera clicking, buzzing]
Blood stains over here.
[camera clicking]
No disturbance in this room.
[ominous music playing]
[siren wailing in distance]
[camera clicking]
There's unbelievable disorganization
in every respect.
[suspenseful music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
[suspenseful music continues playing]
[solemn music playing]
[music swells]
[music fades out]
- [typewriter clacking]
- [bell dings]
[rooster crowing]
[fanfare playing]
Raffaele Sollecito.
He's arrogant. But her lapdog.
[Raffaele Sollecito] My sister is police.
She will know what to do.
[reporter] Police say that evidence
places Rudy Guede
firmly at the scene of the crime.
[Amanda Knox]
Rudy admitted to only partial guilt,
opted for a speedy trial,
was tried before we were, and separately.
And the prosecution could then focus
on their real targets,
me and Raffaele.
Knox's DNA is on the knife
Sollecito's knife.
I have no idea
how this could have happened.
Raffaele said that you
weren't at his house,
that you asked him to lie for you.
- He's taken away your alibi.
- What?
They were so so hard with me,
and I was so s-scared,
and terrified, and confused.
But
I am here for you now.
[dramatic music playing]
[people chattering]
[officer speaking Italian]
[Translator Vittoria Noce] And why did
Raffaele turn off his phone?
Um, be Uh, be
His dad calls him every night, and
[Translator Noce speaking Italian]
I don't We wanted to be left alone.
[Translator Noce speaking Italian]
[Amanda]
Do Do I need a lawyer right now?
Inspector, did you forget
We don't need to record.
[Amanda] Yeah, yeah, you know,
- to save the battery
- [sighs] Okay.
[ominous music playing]
[people speaking Italian]
You're a liar! We've
been here for hours!
Look, I'm losing my patience,
I've had enough of this bullshit.
- You're lying!
- When are you going to stop lying?
I'm not lying!
We know she left the apartment
- that she wasn't with you that night.
- She never left.
- We were together the whole night!
- We have proof!
All right. From the top.
We had dinner. No
We watched Amélie, then we ate.
Keep going.
We smoked a joint. We had sex,
and then we turned off our phones
That's not what she just said.
She said your father called.
[ominous music playing]
No.
No she
unless did I get the day wrong?
Come on, out with it.
- Was All Saints' a Thursday?
- You don't know?
If it was, she went to work. But
no, that can't be.
- We stayed in.
- In.
In, out, in, out
Can't you hear yourself?
Your story is Swiss cheese.
[voices echoing, overlapping]
Did she snip your balls, too?
We could send you to prison
for thirty years.
For what?
Being a little bitch who likes
to carry around knives.
I told you, I just collect them.
It's a hobby, nothing more.
His shoes!
His shoes!
What? What's going on?
[light, dramatic music playing]
What
Take off your shoes.
- Why?
- We need them.
I think I should call my father.
Nope.
One second, I'm going to call
Take these fucking shoes off!!
[suspenseful music playing]
Come on, we don't have all day!
[hands clapping]
[fingers snapping]
Quick!!
Take these shoes straight to the lab.
Should we try this again?
[Raffaele whimpers]
Was Amanda with you,
the night of the murder?
The whole night?
Even as you slept?
No.
[panicked breathing]
She could have gone to work.
[Valentina Greco] Mm-hmm?
Perhaps went out and came back
Yes, I
I think that's what happened.
[Raffaele sighs]
[softly whimpers]
[upbeat Italian pop music playing]
[Raffaele Sollecito]
Every story has a hero.
[upbeat pop music continues playing]
When you are a little child,
you believe in magic forces for good.
Super humans flying with capes
and crowns that fight for justice.
Please. I'm trying here.
You think getting me old
wilted flowers is trying?
- Being here when I need you
- For God's sake, it's Christmas!
[Raffaele] In time, you learn
real heroes, they are not so many.
Papa, wait!
[Raffaele] And when someone needs saving,
it is up to you to step in.
[upbeat Italian pop music playing]
[music fades out]
For her.
How do we know it's not contraband?
Have you looked at him?
He doesn't have the balls.
[guard 2 chuckles]
[guard 1 sighs]
Here.
Take it.
Thank you.
Are you okay?
Yeah.
- Yeah. Today was rough.
- Mm-hmm.
All that arguing.
Hey, what were our
lawyers so upset about?
Because Mignini was supposed
to give them the DNA report
so they can prepare our defense,
but they are
how you say stalling?
But it's okay, you know.
It's okay because they will fight
and will win.
Hey.
[soft traditional
Italian music playing]
- [chuckles softly]
- Yeah?
When we get out from here,
I take you for a nice
dinner to celebrate.
What do you think?
[Amanda chuckles softly]
You do still owe me truffles.
- [chuckles] Yes.
- [Amanda chuckles, sniffles]
- We go to Gubbio.
- I want lunch and dinner.
- And breakfast, no?
- And breakfast. [chuckles]
Enough talking in English.
Doormat.
[Raffaele] "Doormat." "Puppet."
The false identities assigned to me
by people who didn't know me.
But Amanda knew me.
- [dark dramatic music playing]
- [metal clanging]
That didn't help me much in here.
[prisoners shouting]
[Raffaele] The protected section
of Terni prison
was Dante's ninth circle of hell.
- [food squishing]
- Home to rapists,
pedophiles, violent criminals, and me.
[dramatic music continues]
Back at the beginning of my imprisonment,
my cellmate was a snitch
[spits]
trading information
for reducing his sentence.
Did you ever think
she was just using you?
Do you think she picked you
because you were easy to control?
All that blood
and you still didn't run.
C'mon, I've seen the
photos in the papers.
- [prisoners shouting]
- [buzzers blaring]
[camera clicking]
It isn't blood!
It isn't blood!
It looks like blood. Wait.
No, it's phenolphthalein!
- Dad's done research You tell him.
- Phenolphthalein!
Raffaele, listen
Phenolphthalein is
a chemical used in forensics.
It reacts with the heme molecule
present in blood.
A positive reaction gives a pink color.
But it turns pink over time.
Whether blood is present or not
We got it, Einstein. Raffa?
But who leaked the photo?
Well, who took your sneakers?
Who do you think? Those fucking cops!
[people chattering]
They make it look like Amanda came
home and actually bathed in blood.
Raffaele
[speaking Italian]
I want Vanessa to
come to court next week.
- Papa, no. It would hurt her career.
- No, I can't!
Franco, the bosses said no.
You don't hire an attorney with balls
like those to NOT take their advice.
See. Listen to your wife. Enough.
Hello.
Raffa, Mara says hello.
Thank you
[whispering in Italian]
Son. You need all the good press
you can get right now.
The police
are targeting Amanda with this
these "evidence" leaks.
And she's dragging you down with her
I told you!
Lay off her
Come on, time to go.
Eight days, he knew her.
He's lost himself in her.
He always does this.
He was like this with mom, too.
More things I must do.
What?
- What is it that he must do?
- Shoe prints.
[Raffaele] The similarity of my sneakers
to the bloody shoe prints
at the crime scene
was the only thing the cops had
to directly connect me to the murder.
So, when the police ignored a similar
print in Rudy Guede's apartment,
my dad took his findings to the public.
Raffaele's shoe is NOT the shoe!
Note my son's size 42.5
has fewer concentric circles
than Rudy's 45, which exactly matches
the one from the crime scene.
Also
this irregularity
that the police did not notice.
The cause?
A piece of broken glass.
Are you suggesting the break-in
was not staged?
- [ominous music playing]
- [door thuds]
You need to listen to me!
Yesterday you're on TV?
Today they leak this.
What the fuck, dad! This is serious!!
Calm down, Vanessa.
[Vanessa shushing]
No.
I've never even touched Meredith.
Certainly not her bra!
And you said my DNA was not found
anywhere else at the crime scene?
It's important that you understand
the full scope of your situation.
Italy is under the microscope.
Humiliation on an international level
is a national threat to our institutions.
Someone must be held
accountable for this crime.
Rudy Guede is accountable
What do we have here?
All this mess with your father
and the shoe prints!
We now know they
have your DNA on the bra.
The alleged murder weapon was
found at your apartment.
So
since you're adamant you were
together the night of the murder
- no?
- We were together.
I suggest a separation
from Amanda.
Tethering your defense
to hers has become problematic.
I just
I don't feel like
I could abandon her like that.
Feelings don't win cases.
When do I have to decide this?
The longer we wait
the harder it will be
to undo the damage.
And there's been considerable damage.
[tense dramatic music playing]
- [waves softly crashing]
- [seagulls cawing]
[Raffaele] Mamma.
Oh, Raffa.
You're home.
You shopped.
Yes, just for a couple of things.
I'm sorry, I was going to go,
but I was feeling so tired
Is that a new drawing?
Yes. His name is Shinji.
And what does Shinji do?
He's a Protector.
You're so talented, my love.
With such a good and loyal heart.
You will always be
here for me, won't you?
[haunting music playing]
[people chattering]
[papers rustling]
[light jazz music playing]
[spectators murmuring]
[Raffaele chuckles]
[snickering]
[Raffaele]
They say she's bringing me down with her,
but how could that be,
when every time I see her,
she make me feel I can float?
I needed that feeling, today especially.
The scientific evidence
against me was being presented,
and the prosecution
still hadn't handed over the reports
to my lawyers,
leaving us unable to properly prepare
our counterargument.
I believe Mignini's co-prosecutor
was brought on
to handle the broader theatrics,
the theatrics beneath
even a showman like Mignini.
Dr. Ippolito.
Could you please tell the Court
about your role and expertise?
I am the Chief Technical Director
in the investigation section of the
Forensics Police Department in Rome.
I specialize in DNA analysis.
Now your findings. Walk us through them.
Of course.
[projector beeping]
With relation to the defendants,
a kitchen knife was found at the
apartment of Raffaele Sollecito.
With DNA of the victim on the blade,
and Knox's DNA on the hilt.
In the bathroom, we had the victim's
blood on the bathmat
toilet tissue with DNA belonging
to Rudy Guede.
In the victim's room, we found
traces of Guede and Sollecito.
A piece of fabric with two metal hooks
was found near the victim's feet
with a mixed genetic profile:
victim and Sollecito.
- Is it bent?
- Yes.
The bra straps were ripped, and
the back portion had a clean slice.
Indicating it had been deliberately cut.
One of the hooks
was particularly deformed.
As you can see here, suggesting it was
Forced?
[dramatic music playing]
Yes.
- [spectators murmuring]
- [Raffaele] They meant forced by me.
I brought my own bra.
It's the closest thing in my collection
to Meredith's.
Although mine's a bit larger.
[laughter]
[Raffaele]
Comodi was making me into an animal,
into a savage.
[reporters shouting]
When at the beginning, I was a nobody,
the "weak link" in the police's story.
But when my Nikes gave them evidence
of my so-called involvement,
they turned me into
the profile of a killer.
What are you looking for?
[tense dramatic music playing]
The hell is this?
It was a gift. It's a collector's item,
I never even opened it.
[plastic ripping]
[people chattering]
[book closing]
You're a real piece of shit, aren't you?
Bruno, over here!
[objects clattering]
What about this one?
[speaking Italian]
[tense music playing]
What made you home in on that knife?
I was told they were wide wounds.
So you say wide wound, wide blade.
The investigative intuition of people who
carry out investigations is very high.
I had an intuition.
I took it.
You put this evidence in your folder?
That's correct.
That folder?
That you use on a daily basis?
[spectators murmuring]
Yes.
Officer Esposito.
You were in charge of sending the knife
to Dr. Ippolito's lab
in Rome for analysis.
Correct.
And in what was the evidence transported?
[dramatic music playing]
Your honor, the police are openly
admitting to mishandling evidence.
Counselor Ghirga!
Furthermore, we are improvising
our defense
Counselor Ghirga!
which is not easy
when we don't know anything.
Doctor Mignini must give us the report!
We're following protocol!
[Raffaele] Justice was elusive,
so I held onto Amanda.
[buzzer blaring]
[paper dropping]
You and Amanda making faces in court
was bad enough.
Now you two are writing letters?
- You two look like Bonnie and Clyde.
- I don't care how we look.
What do I say to you? What?
You must drop her.
You are in prison because of her.
She's in prison because of me!
Because I betrayed her
in that interrogation.
She's playing on that guilt, son
She's leading you on.
If you weren't backing her alibi,
she'd have nothing.
She's using you.
You don't know her.
YOU don't know her!
[sighs heavily]
Eight days, five days, what was it?
I stay when it's hard.
You wouldn't understand that.
You're right.
I'm the asshole.
I was selfish to save myself.
God, I wish you would be too.
[light, dramatic music playing]
- [insects chirring]
- [birdsong]
Mom's been in bed all day?
When did you get here?
What are you doing, Raffaele?
I'm eating.
[Vanessa chuckles]
I mean, when was the last time you
say, went out with your friends,
or did anything for yourself?
What are you doing? Are you a nursemaid?
[Raffaele sighs]
[Vanessa sighs mockingly]
Dad was telling me you could go
- Where?
- To ONASI in Perugia.
Oh really, with all those doctor's kids?
- Raffaele
- No thank you, not interested.
You can't babysit her forever.
Mom is not well.
She is the parent.
She is responsible
for her own life, period.
And come on
You know you want to go.
Go and live!
No?
Go do the things you like
you know, computer stuff
Look, go meet a girl with big
manga boobs, the way you like them.
And live your life!
You like that, huh?
What's that face?
Are you thinking about it?
Huh? Huh?
[muttering in Italian]
- [dramatic music playing]
- [buzzer sounding]
[prisoners shouting]
[Raffaele] After 630 days in prison,
in July of 2009,
the courts went on recess.
Three brutal months
with nothing to do but think.
The letters from Amanda
got fewer and fewer
until there were none.
Later that summer, we finally received
Dr. Ippolito's DNA reports.
Four months late and incomplete,
but my lawyers, they have hope.
[spectators murmuring]
I'd like to start by asking
what is ISO 17025 quality
certification?
Our lab is working toward
that certification.
And I hope you get it.
In any case, your lab isn't now,
and has never been certified.
I want to pivot to the knife.
When examining the genetic
material on the blade
did you test for blood?
We did.
The test was negative for blood,
but given the small amount of DNA
- Of the victim.
- Yes. The victim's.
It could be a false negative.
So we can't rule out the possibility
that blood was present.
Once you established this,
did you conduct further tests?
No.
But isn't "repeatability one of the
fundamental
requirements to ensure the
reliability of the test?"
Those are your words.
All of the sample was used in a
single analysis because
the electrophoresis machine doesn't
work below a certain quantity.
Exactly. Which is why, per your report
you were forced
to manually override the machine.
Now, I'm asking you
Had you not overridden the machine
would the knife have conclusively
shown traces of the victim's DNA?
[light, dramatic music playing]
[clearing throat]
Most likely not.
[spectators murmuring]
[tense music playing]
Doctor, in your previous testimony
you said the victim's bra was
frayed and torn.
- Did you immediately notice this?
- Yes.
And when you noticed that a piece
of the bra was missing
did you search the area to find it?
Yes, but at the time, we were not
aware of its importance, so it was left.
[Giulia Bongiorno] Mm.
Where?
Under the pillow
that the victim was resting on.
And do you know if this piece of bra
was found in another area
of the room later
and if so, where?
It was found during the second
inspection near the desk.
[projector beeps]
So between November 2 and December 18
this piece of fabric was relocated
a meter and a half.
How?
It moved.
[spectators murmuring]
You said before that one of
the hooks was deformed.
Can you rule out
the possibility
that it was crushed, not forced?
I can rule it out because
Based on what evidence?
What if I stepped on it
and dragged my foot?
We've seen the room, it's very small.
- Your honor, this is pure conjecture!
- Let me finish!
Please.
Fine.
I'll say it like this.
If
I'm law enforcement, or a member
of your forensics team
and I'm wearing
a protective bootie on my foot
and there are exfoliated cells
on the bootie
can these cells be transferred?
From say, a bootie to a bra clasp?
In the 46 days between the time the hook
was found and it was tested?
DNA doesn't fly.
[spectators laughing]
[Raffaele] That is when I know,
despite how logical my lawyer's argument,
those delayed DNA reports
made us four months too late
with our rebuttal.
The bias was deep, the damage was done.
Dr. Ippolito broke protocol
on multiple occasions.
On multiple occasions?
And because we were denied
access to her report
the jury has been sitting with
their conclusions for months.
We request the case be dismissed.
- I second that proposal.
- Yes agree!
The defense council's request is denied.
Then we request an independent review
of the DNA evidence!
[overlapping shouting]
I'll consider it on a recess.
[Raffaele] His consideration was quick,
and his decision was final.
There would be no independent review
of the DNA evidence.
[light, dramatic music playing]
[inaudible]
[Raffaele] It was a blow to our case.
[reporter 1] Amanda, this way!
[Raffaele] It seemed we were losing
and I could feel something shift.
- [cameras clicking]
- [reporter 2] Amanda!
[light, dramatic music continues]
[Raffaele] I was losing her, too.
[Amanda] Dear Raffaele,
thank you for your drawings,
but I'm afraid you've mistaken
my friendship for something else.
We could have had
something special, it's true.
But right now, I need to focus
on getting myself free.
I hope this doesn't hurt you.
You have to read this.
Raffa.
[Vanessa sighs] Yo.
What's happening with you?
You look terrible.
I'm stressed. I was fired.
It doesn't matter. Just read
the bottom.
Okay.
Okay?
You're a plus one at your own trial.
You're being investigated for murder.
"Okay?"
[Vanessa laughing]
It's time to grow up, Raffa.
Ask yourself.
Ask yourself why you're
still standing with her.
Why would you show me this? You
think I haven't been kicked enough?
Can we
Raffa.
Can we
Can we put aside Amanda for a moment?
You
You came to Perugia to study.
Huh?
To meet girls. Have a career.
Sì?
What about all that?
You're going to be found guilty.
I don't deserve it.
I know you don't.
Deserve what?
A life? What is it that
you don't deserve?
I'm
Nothing.
Sì.
I'm nobody.
- No.
- Sì.
She doesn't even love me.
She doesn't want me.
And I feel
I feel like
I am
Like I'm disappearing!
Um [chuckles]
[stammering in Italian]
[somber music playing]
[Raffaele breathing shakily]
How did I end up here?
I don't know how to live.
You just give, give, give, give
I
[Raffaele sobbing]
I feel like
[grunting]
I am empty.
I'm a shell.
And they're all saying,
"Oh, he's an accomplice,
he's this, he's that!"
How can they say that if
I don't even know who I am.
You're my brother.
You're my brother.
Not nobody.
You're someone to me.
[sighs]
All you have to do
is stand up and say you can't vouch
for her the night of the murder.
You were asleep. It's true, isn't it?
Maybe she snuck out?
It's the only way to set yourself free.
But she won't be.
How could I live with that?
At least you'd be living.
[light, dramatic music playing]
Yuto.
- [phone ringing]
- Don't look out there.
Look in here.
In here is where you decide.
Only you can change your fate.
Hello, Papa?
[Francesco speaking Italian
frantically on phone]
Slow down. What's wrong?
[engine revving]
[dramatic music playing]
[tires screeching]
[gravel crunching]
[panting]
[music slowing down]
[distant church bells ringing]
[Raffaele breathing shakily]
I tried.
Mom, I'm sorry.
[Vanessa shushing]
I tried.
I want to be alone with mom.
Leave me alone with mom.
Papa, let's go.
I shouldn't have left you alone.
[somber music playing]
Forgive me.
I couldn't make it.
[whimpering]
[people chattering]
Don't do that.
Bad luck to make your bed today.
[engine rumbling]
[sighs]
[Raffaele] Ever since my mother's death,
I had made a personal extended prayer
for those in my life
who were most important.
[praying in Italian]
That morning, I prayed for Amanda.
I prayed for her family.
- [people chattering]
- [cameras clicking]
And for mine.
For Meredith and all those who loved her.
I prayed for the prosecutors,
the judges,
the jury.
And I prayed for myself
that I'd have the courage
to do what I had to do.
[light, dramatic music playing]
I will want to make a declaration.
Bene.
[spectators murmuring]
In the beginning, Meredith
and Amanda were friends.
They spoke the same language,
had the same Anglo-Saxon culture.
But the relationship cooled
as the girls took separate paths.
Amanda did not respect the cleaning
schedule of the household.
Meredith did not bring boys to the
apartment. Amanda did so frequently.
Amanda did drugs, Meredith did not.
Amanda had condoms and a vibrator.
On the night of the crime
Amanda accepts an invitation
from Rudy Guede to meet.
Maybe in Via Della Pergola.
Rudy would have had the opportunity
to give Amanda drugs.
And maybe he could have sex with her.
Perhaps resolve issues related
to past drug exchanges.
Raffaele
followed her as usual.
Every step she took,
Raffaele was right behind her.
Amanda was dominant, he was her puppet.
It is not clear what the three
of them intended to do
once they entered Via Della Pergola.
But it is possible that there was a
disagreement between Meredith and Amanda.
Over missing rent money
or Rudy's presence.
And it is possible
that after an argument, and under
the influence of drugs and alcohol
they may have decided to carry out
a heavy sexual game with Meredith.
Keep this in mind
This was the first and only night
since Amanda had been
living in the house,
that Meredith was completely alone.
Since the two roommates were away,
as were the boys downstairs.
Amanda had nurtured
her hatred for Meredith.
And the time had come to take
revenge on that snobbish girl.
That's what Amanda must have thought.
And in a crescendo of threats and
increasingly heavy violence
Meredith's ordeal began.
The three taunted her.
Knife in hand, Raffaele restrained her.
Rudy sexually assaulted her.
And Amanda
[suspenseful music playing]
dealt the deepest wound.
[spectators murmuring]
[Manuela Comodi speaking Italian]
We have constructed
a visual aid to help with your
decision-making process.
[suspenseful music continues]
At 11:30pm
Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito,
and Rudy Guede arrive
at Via Della Pergola 7.
Amanda opens the door with her key
At 11:35pm
the struggle begins. Meredith
is slammed against the wall
Your honor, this is unnecessarily
sensational!
And past time for the presentation
of new evidence
Counselor Ghirga.
Proceed, Prosecutor Comodi.
This is the second moment of the assault,
shown here from multiple angles
the attackers persist in trying
to subdue her
they undress her and threaten
her with knives
and this wound
from a blow dealt by
Sollecito's hand.
[music swells, stops]
[Raffaele exhaling]
[Raffaele muttering softly in Italian]
No. You're still thinking
about the broken sink.
- No.
- [laughing] Yes, you are.
- No.
- Weirdo.
- [chuckles] No.
- I can tell.
I was thinking you look beautiful.
[Raffaele chuckles]
Okay. I was thinking
We are very different.
[Raffaele] Oh.
How?
Well
You are clean and organized
Mm-hmm?
mad about spilling water.
And I'm
how do you say
easy-going.
Disorganized.
- No.
- Yes!
- No! Okay, a tiny bit.
- Sì. But I wish
I knew you in high school.
- No.
- What do you mean no?
I was
not cool.
- No, it cannot be true.
- No, I wasn't.
- Come on.
- No.
- I had bleached hair like Naruto.
- No.
- Sì.
- No.
- Can you imagine?
- [laughing]
And I I show my mom the picture
and I start begging her,
like, "Mom, please,
please, please, please."
Till I finally I won.
- You won?
- Yes.
Wow. Are you a mama's boy?
[sighs]
[soft melancholy music playing]
[Raffaele groaning lightly]
Yes.
- Yeah?
- I was.
Um, no, she died two years ago.
I'm sorry.
How?
How did she die?
A heart attack.
[Raffaele sighs]
Because, um
- My dad, he was, um, to be remarried.
- Mm-hmm?
So, my mother's heart, it was just
And she was so depressed
and so sad and she was
She was calling me
over and over again, like, day and night,
saying something like
"I have nothing to live for."
Or, "I just want to die."
Saying, "Why you leave me?"
So, sometimes I I can't even
answer the phone, you know?
- And
- It's not your fault.
- Uh, no, I-I
- No, it's
- It's not your fault.
- No, I I mean
[Amanda] It's not.
[Raffaele stammering]
It's really good that you went to school.
It is!
That's That's all you can do in life,
is do your best and be true to yourself.
You know?
true to yourself.
[both speaking Italian]
Exactly. [chuckles softly]
It's like
everyone says I'm like Amélie,
'cause I'm a weirdo.
So what? I'm a weirdo.
Like, what am I gonna do, change?
Make everyone else happy? No.
Um
You know
I was everything to her.
Who are you to you?
[gentle music playing]
[lips smacking]
[music fades out]
[spectators murmuring]
Uh
Your Honor, Honorable Jurors.
[murmuring stops]
Um
Finding the words for this
has been difficult.
I have been drawn into an event
about which I know nothing.
There is no reason that could
have driven me to kill.
They say I am a dog on a leash.
I only met Amanda
a few days before the crime.
But if she'd asked me
to do
something I disagreed with,
I would have said no.
[clearing throat]
But the truth is she never
asked me any such thing.
I didn't kill Meredith.
I was not in that house
the night of the murder.
I am not a violent person.
I am honorable.
What I'm asking you is
to give me back my life.
Because I don't have one right now.
Thank you.
["Eternamente" by Nilla Pizzi playing]
[lyrics sung in Italian]
A verdict coming at midnight?
Very dramatic.
I think that's the point.
["Eternamente" continues playing]
Amor ♪
[song ends]
[people chattering]
[reporter speaking Italian]
[dramatic music playing]
- [reporter 1] Raffaele! Raffaele!
- [cameras clicking]
[reporter 2] Raffaele, right here!
- [cameras clicking]
- [reporters shouting]
[dramatic music continues playing]
- [cameras continues clicking]
- [reporters shouting louder]
[reporters continue shouting]
[reporter] Amanda!
[reporter] Amanda, right here!
[bailiff speaking Italian]
[suspenseful music playing]
Amanda, courage. It
will be okay. Courage.
In the name of the Italian people.
The court of Assizes of Perugia
issues the following sentence for:
Knox, Amanda Marie. Born in Seattle, USA
on July 9, 1987.
Currently detained at the
Perugia Penitentiary.
Sollecito, Raffaele. Born in Bari,
on March 26, 1984.
Currently detained
at the Terni Penitentiary.
On the count of slander
against Lumumba, Patrick
Knox, Amanda Marie
is found
guilty.
On the counts of murder, carrying a
weapon, rape, theft
and simulating a burglary,
the defendants
Sollecito, Raffaele,
and Knox, Amanda Marie
are found
guilty!
[people gasping]
They are hereby sentenced to 26
years of imprisonment for Knox
and 25 years for Sollecito
and each must also pay court
costs and serve prison custody.
We'll make sure things go
differently on appeal.
- [tense dramatic music playing]
- [voices muffled]
[muffled hollering]
- [Edda Mellas] Amanda! Amanda!
- [Curt Knox] Amanda! No!
No! Don't take her!
[voice echoing] Don't take her! Amanda!
Don't touch her!
[Curt and Edda] Amanda!
[tense dramatic music continues]
Raffaele, stay strong!
- [soft music playing]
- [singing in Italian]
[crowd inaudible]
[soft music continues playing]
[reporters shouting]
[reporter]
Are you happy with the verdict?
[Stephanie Kercher] Ultimately,
we are pleased with the verdict,
but we're gathered here because
our sister was brutally murdered.
[cameras clicking]
Two young people
have been sent away behind bars
for a long time.
It is not a time for celebration.
- [soft music continues playing]
- [singing in Italian continues]
- [soft music continues playing]
- [singing in Italian continues]
[music stops abruptly]
[camera clicking, buzzing]
Blood stains over here.
[camera clicking]
No disturbance in this room.
[ominous music playing]
[siren wailing in distance]
[camera clicking]
There's unbelievable disorganization
in every respect.
[suspenseful music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
[suspenseful music continues playing]
[solemn music playing]
[music swells]
[music fades out]
- [typewriter clacking]
- [bell dings]
[rooster crowing]
[fanfare playing]