Amana Nox Falls were supported by the highest court in Italy

On Thursday, the highest court in Italy supported the mold of Amanda Nox, an American who was first convicted and then disavowed the killing of her colleague in 2007, on the charge of an innocent man in the case.

The court’s decision can end the legal epic that installed followers in Europe and the United States. She has lasted more than 17 years and has exceeded many Italian and European courts. The court upheld a 3 -year prison sentence for Mrs. Nox, but she will not have to spend any other time, because she has already spent four years in prison, from 2007 to 2011.

Mrs. Nox, 37, who lives near Seattle, was not present at the session on Thursday. One of her lawyers, Carlo Dala Fidova, spoke to her after the verdict and said she was “very disappointed.”

He said: “She hoped to close this chapter.”

Mrs. Nox is trying to remove the last legal stigma from her name, 10 years after she was acquitted of the highest court in Italy by killing Meridith Kircher, a 21 -year -old British student.

In November 2007, Italian authorities Mrs. Nox was arrestedThen 20, and her friend at the time, Rafael Solsito, then 23 years old, by the death of Mrs. Kircher, who was found on her bed with her cut throat; The three were studying in the picturesque Central city. The participation of distinguished and attractive youth from multiple countries, and what the general prosecutors described as a sexual game has made a mistake, and nurtured great international attention in the case.

In the beginning he was convicted in 2009, but was acquitted at the appeal, Mrs. Nox returned to the United States in 2011. She wore her case between various courts until 2015, when it was the highest court of Italy throw It is charged outside if it is marred by false evidence and impulsivity to power.

Rudi Guidi, a Perugia resident with the history of the police, was tried separately and convicted in the murder case. He spent 13 years of 16 -year prison sentence It was released in 2021.

The case of slander, Dia Lumumba, also known as Patrick, who ran in 2007, included a tape called Le Chic where Mrs. Nox worked part -time.

Mrs. Nox and her lawyers argued that she was pressured by the police on the charge of Mr. Lumumba after interrogation, she said she had slapped. Mr. Lumumba was arrested, held in prison for two weeks, and he was released only after one of his clients made an excuse.

Mrs. Nox was initially convicted of his elimination in 2009, and was sentenced to three years in prison, in condemning her supported by many Italian courts.

In 2019, the major human rights court in Europe ruled that Mrs. Nox was Disputed of adequate legal aid While interrogating her, violating her right to a fair trial, and ordered Italy to pay 18,400 euros, or about 21,000 dollars at the time, in damage, costs and expenses. The court also raised questions about the role of Mrs. Nox translator, and said her statements during the interrogation “were taken in an atmosphere of severe psychological pressure.”

The Supreme Court of Italy ordered a new trial for defamation based on this ruling, but it was convicted again Florence Court last year. It was rejected on Thursday by the Cassette Court in Rome, the highest court in Italy.

During the session on Thursday, Mr. Dala Fidova said that Mr. Lumumba “was not a victim of Mrs. Nox, but alongside Mrs. Nox.”

Luca Lubana Donati, the other of her lawyer, said they are waiting for the court logic before deciding whether to appeal again to the European Human Rights Court. “We are interested in reading what they say,” is a decision on Thursday, because it “reduced what the European Court has ruled.”

“This is something that I find unfair to Imana,” he said.

Mrs. Nox spoke frequently on her podcast, mazeIt is one of the psychological and emotional losses that the condemnation has taken on. There were also practical effects – she wrote on X this week that she had recently had to cancel a trip to Australia because she could not obtain a visa because of her “criminal” background.

Since her return to the United States, Mrs. Nox, who is now the mother of two children, has become an invitement of the people who have been unfairly neglected and a campaign to reform criminal justice. It is also involved in the production of a Holo series on the case The shooting is currently in Italy and Hungary.

Because of the accusation, Mr. Lumumba lost his work and left Italy with his family. He said in the court on Thursday that he now lives in Krakow, Poland, where he runs the import export company, but he misses his life in Perugia.

He also said he could not wait for the case behind him. He said that the endless trials “are always going to mind in that morning when they came to arrest me, and the days in prison.”

Carlo Basili, his lawyer, said on Thursday that Mrs. Nox has never apologized for accusing his client lying, but never offered a financial amendment.

In Florence last year, Mrs. Nox offered an apology of some kind, saying: “I am very sorry because I was not strong enough to resist the pressure of the police and that he suffered from that.”

After the verdict, Mr. Basile said that his client can use the sentence to ask for damage, but there may be uninterrupted obstacles, “because Amanda lives in the United States and is not easy to follow.”