Amanda Knox has been re-convicted of slander in an Italian court after accusing an innocent man of the murder of her roommate in 2007. Knox – who was jailed for the murder before being exonerated – ...

Amanda Knox was reconvicted by an Italian court of slander in the final case related to the murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher. Knox, 36, originally was convicted in 2009 of slander for falsely ...

Lawsuits over libel or slander tend to involve individuals. One person accuses another of harmful lies. A judge or jury decides whether there’s any basis for compensating the alleged victim. A current ...

Amanda Knox's conviction Wednesday in the Italian Supreme Court for slander took her by surprise, she said on her podcast released a day after the verdict. The Supreme Court of Cassation in Rome found ...

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Amanda Knox is expected to appear in person in an Italian court on Wednesday to defend herself in a slander case that has the potential to remove the last legal stain against her, following her ...

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Defamation, slander, and libel are terms that are frequently confused with each other, LegalZoom says. They all fall into the same category of law and have to do with communications that falsely ...